The following information is provided by the State of Hawaii Senate:

Senator Ronald Kouchi is hosting a transportation Town Meeting that includes representatives from the Hawaii State Department of Transportation and County of Kaua'i on Thursday, December 1, 2011. It will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the King Kaumuali'i Elementary School Cafeteria (4380 Hanamaulu Road).

The Hawai'i State Department of Transportation (DOT) team will provide information on continuing projects. Residents will have the opportunity to provide comments and ask questions.

HANAKAPIAI – A 62 year-old male visitor from California was rescued from the Hanakapiai trail late Monday afternoon. 

The visitor fell and fractured his ankle while hiking near the 1/2 mile mark in on the trail to Hanakapiai Beach.            

Station 1 responded to the scene and prepared the hiker to be lifted in a rescue basket   Rescue 3 and Air 1 extricated the injured man and transport him to the Princeville Airport.  Medics were waiting his arrival and transported him to the hospital.

PO'IPU – A 59-year-old Honolulu man was airlifted to Queen’s Medical Center on Tuesday after a body surfing incident at Shipwreck Beach in Po'ipu.

His current condition is not known.

According to witnesses, the man was body surfing at Shipwreck Beach at around 6:06 pm and had caught a wave when they noticed that he was unresponsive. They brought him to shore and bystanders started CPR.

When fire fighters from the Kōloa station arrived on scene, they continued CPR on the victim and his pulse returned.

Medics then transported the victim to Wilcox Hospital, where he was treated and then prepared for an airlift to O‘ahu.