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Man dead after fall down Pepeekeo cliff Sunday (Feb 9)


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Fire/rescue crews responded to an 11:24 a.m. alarm Sunday (Feb 9) to the shoreline off Loa Road in Pepeekeo for a 23-year-old man who fell down a cliff.

Four of the man’s friends reported he was trying to climb down the cliffside to the beach. The friends saw him fall about 80 feet onto the rocky shoreline below.

Rescue crews rappelled down the cliff and airlifted the man with Chopper One to a waiting medic unit. The man had suffered severe injuries and was in cardiac arrest. Medics continued resuscitation efforts on the man while being transported to Hilo Medical Center via ambulance. The man never recovered.

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