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BIG ISLAND (HawaiiNewsNow) - Big Island police have initiated a coroner's
inquest case in connection with the death of a canoe paddler.
Kona Patrol officers
responded to the Keauhou Pier at approximately 7 a.m. Wednesday after receiving
a report of an overturned double hull canoe.
When officers arrived, Coast Guard personnel were already on scene. All 10
paddlers from the canoe were back on shore by 7:45 a.m.
A 67-year-old Keauhou man who was non-responsive at the scene was transported
by ambulance to Kona Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:58
a.m. His identity is being held pending notification of his next of kin.
Police have ordered an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.
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