A 67-year-old Keauhou man died Wednesday morning after the canoe in which he was paddling overturned.
The man, whose identity was not immediately released, was in a 10-person, double-hull canoe in Heeia Bay, a Fire Department official said. The man was not responsive when fire personnel brought him to shore. He was taken to Kona Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8 a.m.
Police ordered an autopsy to determine the man's exact cause of death.
Another person was taken to the hospital for treatment, a fire official said.
