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A 54-year-old man died Wednesday in waters off Kua Bay in Kona. He has been identified as Robert Gregory Osborne of Holualoa.
A 54-year-old man died Wednesday in waters off Kua Bay in Kona. He has been identified as Robert Gregory Osborne of Holualoa.
At 1:25 p.m. on April 16, Kona Patrol officers responded to a report that an unresponsive man had been pulled from the water at Kua Bay.
Officers obtained information that the he had been observed floating and was pulled to shore by bystanders, who attempted cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Fire Department personnel arrived and took him to Kona Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
At autopsy revealed that he died of saltwater drowning.