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A 50-year-old man suffered a fatal fall from a cliff Sunday night into waters at the end of Beach Road in Hawaiian Beaches.
Police and fire departments responded Sunday at about 8:54 p.m., on a report of a man that fell into the ocean. The man was with a group of about five other people when the incident occurred.
HFD was not successful in retrieving the man’s body due to the high surf and weather conditions that included fifty-foot wave sets and the high cliff area that affected the operation. The area has been secured, and retrieval efforts will resume later today.
The identity of the man is being withheld pending the investigation, which is being conducted by the Hilo Criminal Investigations Section.