Apparent drowning 11-15-12

Hawaiʻi Police Department
South Kohala District
Captain Aimee Wana
Phone: 887-3080

 

Media Release

A California woman apparently drowned Thursday (November 15) in waters along the South Kohala coast.

The woman has been identified as 70-year-old Eileen Melville of Midvalley, California.

South Kohala patrol officers responded to Beach 69 in Puako after receiving a 12:08 p.m. call reporting an unresponsive snorkeler.

Responding officers learned that bystanders had pulled the woman from the water and attempted cardiopulmonary resuscitation until Fire Department personnel arrived. She was taken to North Hawaiʻi Community Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 1:17 p.m.

Police have ordered an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.


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