Radio Script for Maui TV News on KAOI Radio - April 8, 2008

FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER I’M JEFF KING WITH MAUI TV NEWS.

TWO DEATHS IN TWO DAYS. AFTER SATURDAY NIGHT'S FATAL MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN WAIEHU COMES ANOTHER TRAFFIC DEATH. A 39 YEAR-OLD MAN DIED ATTEMPTING TO CROSS PUUNENE AVENUE NEAR KAMEHAMEHA AVENUE JUST BEFORE NINE LAST NIGHT. HE WAS STRUCK BY A PICKUP TRUCK DRIVEN BY A 31 YEAR-OLD MAN. THERE WAS ALSO A 13 YEAR-OLD BOY IN THE TRUCK. MAUI POLICE SUSPECT THE PEDESTRIAN WAS INTOXICATED WHEN HE STEPPED IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK. HE WAS TAKEN TO MAUI MEMORIAL WHERE HE DIED. FAMILY HAS NOT YET BEEN OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED. NEITHER OF THE TRUCKS OCCUPANTS WAS HURT. THE DEATH IS THE SEVENTH IN 2008, COMPARED TO FOUR AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

A BEAUTIFUL BUT EYE-STINGING DAY ACROSS HAWAII AS UNUSUAL SOUTHEAST WINDS BLOW CONCENTRATED VOG ACROSS THE ISLANDS. SULFUR DIOXIDE FROM PU'U O'O AND HALEMAUMA'U CRATERS CLOSED VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK ON THE BIG ISLAND THIS MORNING.

FOR DAILY UPDATES OF BREAKING NEWS, VISIT MAUITVNEWS-DOT-COM AND FOLLOW THE LINKS TO BREAKING NEWS. FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER FOR MAUI TV NEWS, I’M JEFF KING.
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FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER I’M JEFF KING WITH MAUI TV NEWS.

STRANDED IN HAWAII - HUNDREDS REMAIN STUCK IN THE ISLANDS IN THE WAKE OF THE SHUTDOWN LAST WEEK OF ALOHA AND ATA AIRLINES. THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY HAS ARRANGED FOR SEATS ON A UNITED FLIGHT TO THE WEST COAST - LEAVING AT 11:15 TOMORROW MORNING FROM MAUI AND STOPPING IN HONOLULU EN ROUTE TO SAN FRANCISCO. THE FARE IS 200 DOLLARS.

TALKS BETWEEN ALOHA AIRLINES AND ITS PILOTS UNION WERE DOWN TO THE WIRE MONDAY IN A LABOR DISPUTE THAT COULD DISRUPT 85 PERCENT OF THE STATE’S AIR CARGO BUSINESS AND U.S. MAIL DELIVERY TO MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND. ALTHOUGH ALOHA’S CARGO FLIGHTS REMAINED OPERATING, THE COMPANY SAID IT WAS DUE TO RUN OUT OF MONEY YESTERDAY WITHOUT A FURTHER CASH INFUSION FROM IT’S LENDER.

ISLAND WEATHER - LIGHT SOUTH EAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON, KEEPING THINGS VOGGY. PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT - LOWS AROUND 70. SUNNY AND HAZY AGAIN TOMORROW WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S.

FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER FOR MAUI TV NEWS, I’M JEFF KING.

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