HA‘ENA — A 42-year-old female visitor from Staffordshire, England was injured while hiking to Hanakapi‘ai Falls late Thursday afternoon, a county news release states. The woman was taken to Wilcox Memorial Hospital, where she was treated and released. A park
HA‘ENA — A 42-year-old female visitor from Staffordshire, England was injured while hiking to Hanakapi‘ai Falls late Thursday afternoon, a county news release states.
The woman was taken to Wilcox Memorial Hospital, where she was treated and released.
A park ranger from the state Department of Land and Natural Resources contacted Police Dispatch at around 4:30 p.m. and reported a female hiker needed assistance out of the valley.
Air-1 was called to the scene. After locating the woman a quarter mile from Hanakapi‘ai Falls, the pilot flew to a Lihu‘e sports field and picked up a three-member rescue crew from the Lihu‘e fire station. Then Air-1 flew back to Hanakapi‘ai to rescue the woman.
The woman was flown to Princeville Airport, where medics were waiting to take her to Wilcox Memorial Hospital.
