2-car crash in Kahaluu injures 5

Five people were taken to the hospital after a two-car crash in Kahaluu at the intersection of Kahekili Highway and Hui Iwa Street shortly before 2 a.m. yesterday.

Firefighters freed two people pinned in one of the two sedans, said Capt. Robert Main, spokesman of the Honolulu Fire Department. The conditions of those involved in the accident were not known, Main said.

Police shut down traffic in both directions of Kahekili Highway for about two hours after the crash.

Hiker airlifted to safety in Waimanalo

A fire helicopter airlifted a stranded hiker off the ridgeline above Waimanalo after a four-hour search, said Honolulu Fire Capt. Robert Main.

Firefighters began searching at about 12:45 p.m. yesterday. The 23-year-old man was airlifted to Blanche Pope Elementary School in Waimanalo and declined medical treatment from paramedics, Main said.

Gusty winds force paraglider's rescue

A 25-year-old woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries Friday when she encountered gusty and shifting winds while paragliding in Mokuleia.

The woman had taken off from the ridgeline above Camp Erdman at about the 1,300-foot elevation, but she spun around and had a rough or hard landing just below the top of the mountain, fire Capt. Robert Main said.

Fire rescue personnel assessed the woman and found her alert, then brought her down by helicopter.