Hawaii zip line death

As of noon today, the zipline company was notifying guests with reservations that they are cancelling tours for the remainder of the day and will not be doing tours until further notice. The woman, who was reportedly in her 20s fell an estimated feet to her death, according to our sources.

Breaking News Alerts We'd like to send you alerts when breaking news happens. Allow Notifications Hide this Message. Press "Allow" to Activate. Aloha, Guest! Latest Maui Videos The year-old was working the platform at the end of the tour, catching people coming in Thursday morning. One rider was coming in fast and instead of standing back and letting the safety spring at the end of the cable make the stop, Rabellizsa grabbed the person and when the safety spring activated, both were thrown off the platform.

The rider was holding on to Rabellizsa as they were dangling in the air. She said, out loud, that she shouldn't have done what she did. Seconds later, she slipped from the rider's grip. Her body was found in a stream below. Police sources say Rabellizsa was not tethered to the platform or wearing any type of safety harness.

There is no law requiring employees be attached to the platform but most companies require their employees to wear a harness. McKelvey wants to introduce a new bill that would require zipline companies to register with the state and undergo inspections. Attempts at legislation in the past have failed for several reasons, but McKelvey is confident this time. OSHA inspectors spent several days at the site but will not reveal any details on the investigation.

The video of Rabellisza's accident has been turned over to Maui Police for their own investigation. Copyright Hawaii News Now. Last legislative session State Representative Mark Nakashima introduced House Bill which would have regulated ziplines and required companies to be insured but it didn't go anywhere. You can be sure he'll push to get it passed again next session. Mark Nakashima D , Hilo, Kohala. The company's co-owner Gary Marrow had no comment. His company, Lava Hotline LLC, was also fined in May for unauthorized construction on conservation land in order to benefit his tours.

He is also supposed to return the trail to its original condition. Our thoughts and prayers go out to their families. We need to know exactly what happened and why, and we need to know exactly what went wrong. When we have completed that review and the facts are known, we will release our findings publicly.

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