Hawaii Man Impaled, Killed By Swordfish

HONOLULU (AP) – A Hawaii male was killed Friday after he was apparently impaled by a check of a fish, officials said.

Witnesses during Honokohau Harbor in Kailua-Kona reported that a male in his 40s jumped from a post in an apparent try to locate a billfish, conspicuous West Hawaii Acting Battalion Chief John Whitman of Hawaii County’s glow department.

The fish was a swordfish about 3 feet prolonged with a check about 3 feet, a state Department of Land and Natural Resources conspicuous in a statement. It weighed about 40 pounds.

“All we know is subsequent thing they know, a male is seen floating,” conspicuous Whitman. Firefighters attempted to cure a man, who had a puncture wound to his right, top torso. The male was taken to Kona Hospital, where he was conspicuous dead, Whitman said.

Hawaii County military identified a plant as 47-year-old Randy Llanes of Kailua-Kona.

A declare told a glow dialect a male shot a fish with a stalk gun.

Hawaii County military and state charge officers are questioning a incident.

Whitman conspicuous this isn’t a initial time he’s listened of billfish fatally impaling someone. “They are really assertive animals,” he said. “If we disaster with them they urge themselves flattering good.”

Whitman says a male was after seen floating and firefighters responded to a scene. Whitman says a male had a puncture wound to his right, top torso. The male was taken to Kona Hospital, where he was conspicuous dead.

Whitman estimates a fish was about 30 pounds. He says that form fish has a check that can be adult to a feet long.

The man’s temperament has not been released.

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A Hawaii male was killed Friday after he was apparently impaled by a check of a vast fish, a glow central said.

Witnesses during Honokohau Harbor in Kailua-Kona reported that a male in his 40s jumped from a post in an apparent try to locate a billfish, expected a marlin, West Hawaii Acting Battalion Chief John Whitman said.

“All we know is subsequent thing they know, a male is seen floating,” he said. Firefighters attempted to cure a man, who had a puncture wound to his right, top torso. The male was taken to Kona Hospital, where he was conspicuous dead, Whitman said.

He conspicuous military will investigate.

The man’s temperament has not been released. He’s a Big Island proprietor who is in a licence vessel business, Whitman said.

This isn’t a initial time he’s listened of a marlin fatally impaling someone, Whitman said. “They are really assertive animals,” he said. “If we disaster with them they urge themselves flattering good.”

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