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The truck towing an abandoned boat breaks down on Queen Kaahumanu Highway Thursday morning. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)
The boat that was abandoned off Queen Kaahumanu Highway south of Kua Bay is towed away Thursday morning. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)
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KUA BAY — It took a few tries and an 1 hour, 45 minutes for the abandoned boat off Queen Kaahumanu Highway — sitting there for several months now — south of Kua Bay to be loaded onto a flatbed and towed away by the state.