A 44-year-old man was hospitalized this morning on Kaua'i after his car ran off the road and overturned.

The accident happened in the westbound lanes of Kaumuali'i Highway, between the mile 7 and 8 markers, at 12:30 a.m., police said.

The driver was thrown from the car, described only as a four-door sedan, and taken to Wilcox Memorial Hospital in critical condition, police said.

Waikiki thieves still at large

Police are seeking two men in their early 20s in connection with a robbery and assault reported early yesterday in Waikiki.

The male victims, 20 and 21, were walking to their cars parked on Hobron Lane at 2 a.m. when a black Datsun pickup truck pulled up, police said.

The driver allegedly said he would shoot and took money from the younger man. He then allegedly drove up to the other victim, left the truck and hit him in the face several times.

Patrol officers pursued the truck but found it abandoned in the west Honolulu district, police said.

The driver is described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, 140 pounds, wearing a yellow T-shirt and dark shorts. The passenger is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall, 140 pounds with a crew cut and wearing a white undershirt and shorts.

Man sought in attempted robbery

A man wearing a black ski mask escaped Monday night after trying unsuccessfully to rob a jewelry store at the Ala Moana Hotel.

After a clerk refused his demand for jewelry at 9 p.m., the man allegedly tried to break through a glass case using a screwdriver.

He fled on foot after a security guard spotted him, police said.

Brush fire reported at Yokohama Bay

Seven fire companies were called to a brush fire that burned only a few acres this morning near Yokohama Bay but took two hours to extinguish.

The fire broke out on a rocky slope mauka of the bay that was difficult to reach.

The alarm was issued at 12:30 a.m., said fire Capt. Clement Hew.