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Star-Bulletin staff
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Tsunami survivor to talk about ordeal
A survivor of the 2004 southern Asia tsunami will talk about his experience May 18 at Hanauma Bay's Education Center Theater.
Dwayne Meadows, an aquatic wildlife conservation planner with the state, will talk about the tsunami and restoration efforts that followed it. The free talk is at 6:30 p.m.
For more information, contact Shawn Carrier at 397-5840 or hanauma@hawaii.edu.
Kuakini hospital alters emergency access
Kuakini Medical Center plans to renovate its emergency room and will open a temporary emergency room tomorrow on the second floor of the Medical Center, across from the Intensive Care Unit.
The hospital said ambulances and walk-in patients should use the front entrance of the main Medical Center building facing Kuakini Street to enter the temporary emergency room.
The circle driveway between Kuakini Street and the Medical Center will have one-way traffic during the construction project.
Patients can be dropped off and picked up at the Medical Center's main entrance, but cars will not be allowed to park in the area.
The Medical Center said it will continue to provide uninterrupted, 24-hour emergency care during the construction project, expected to take about nine months.
The renovated 16-bed emergency room will have more spacious and private treatment rooms, a larger family waiting area, a centralized nursing station and two entrances for patients to access the room, the Medical Center said in a news release.
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Police, Fire, Courts
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HONOLULU
Motorcycle fatality is Kailua man, 49
The Department of the Medical Examiner identified the motorcyclist who died Saturday in a crash on the H-1 freeway as 49-year-old Mark Guerland of Kailua.
At about 6:43 p.m., Guerland was traveling west on a 2002 Harley-Davidson motorcycle near the Waialae Avenue overpass when he lost control. Police said he struck a side-view mirror of a multipurpose vehicle that was heading in the same direction.
Police said Guerland then struck a curb and concrete barrier before he was thrown from his motorcycle.
He was taken to the Queen's Medical Center in critical condition, where he was pronounced dead at 7:29 p.m. Speed was a factor, police said. He was not wearing a helmet and suffered severe head injuries. This is Oahu's 38th traffic-related facility compared with 30 at this time last year.
Maunawili hikers attacked by dogs
A pack of seven or eight hunting dogs attacked two hikers and their dogs on Maunawili Trail yesterday, leaving one woman with a bite wound to her hand.
At about 11:17 a.m. the women and their two dogs were about a mile and a half into the trail when they came across the pack of dogs, Fire Capt. Chris Ah Mook Sang said. The dogs attacked the women's two dogs. One of the two women attempted to break up the dogs when she got bitten. Her dog, described as a Labrador mix, ran off.
Ah Mook Sang said the woman was treated at the scene but refused transport to a hospital. Firefighters found her dog later.
Woman allegedly sets fire to own apartment
A Kalihi woman intentionally set her own apartment on fire yesterday, police said.
The fire started at 9:48 a.m. at 2924 Kalihi St. after the woman, who is in her 40s, allegedly lit newspapers in her dining room to set fire to her unit. Two men also at home at the time were able to escape the blaze, Fire Capt. Chris Ah Mook Sang said.
The woman was taken to the Queen's Medical Center for observation. Damage from the fire is estimated at $2,500 to the structure and its contents.
4 men are arrested in stabbing in Kalihi
Police arrested four men after they allegedly assaulted two other men in Kalihi yesterday.
At 1:20 a.m., police said, two men, ages 51 and 45, approached the suspects at Mokauea and Kahai streets. Police said the victims confronted them about a disagreement they had days earlier.
The victims and the suspects -- described to be in their early to mid-20s -- began to fight. Police said the 51-year-old man was stabbed several times in the arm, chest, leg and shoulder. The other victim was struck by a bat.
Both were taken to the Queen's Medical Center. Police said the 51-year-old man was listed in serious condition, and the 45-year-old man was listed in stable condition.
The four suspects fled the area but were located by police, who also recovered knives at the scene.
Police arrested the four men on suspicion of second-degree attempted murder and second-degree assault.
