KAPAHI — Firefighters responded to a man needing assistance at Ho‘opi‘i Falls in Kapahi Thursday afternoon.
KAPAHI — Firefighters responded to a man needing assistance at Ho‘opi‘i Falls in Kapahi Thursday afternoon.
Personnel from the Kaiakea fire station were dispatched to the falls about 12:30 p.m., where a 36-year-old Kapaa man had reportedly fallen out of a tree, about 35 feet above the stream bank, and onto the rocks below.
Firefighters found the man with injuries to his leg and arm, lying on the side of the stream and being attended to by good Samaritans. Personnel secured the patient for extraction, but were unable to safely wheel him out due to the area’s hazardous terrain.
Kauai Fire Deparatment’s Rescue 3 aboard Air 1 was dispatched to the scene and airlifted the patient to a nearby landing zone, where he was assessed by awaiting medics. The man was transported to Wilcox Medical Center for further treatment.
36 year old in a tree…hummm!