Oregon man dies in apparent drowning near Mauna Kea Beach Hotel
Police are investigating the possible drowning of an Oregon visitor that occurred Sunday morning near the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel at Kaunaoa Bay.
Shortly before 11 a.m., police responded to the bay after an unresponsive man was pulled from the water by lifeguards who began administering CPR.
The man, later identified as 61-year-old John Mackenzie of Terrebonne, Ore., was transported to the Queen’s North Hawaii Community Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead at 11:54 a.m.
A coroner’s inquest has been initiated, and the investigation remains ongoing pending an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.
