Four of five wards who escaped from the Hawai'i Youth Correctional Facility Saturday afternoon were still at large yesterday, police said.

Four boys, ages 16 and 17, and an 18-year-old man escaped during a recreational activity at 4:50 p.m. Saturday. Four of the boys were shirtless and wearing gray shorts, and the fifth was last seen wearing gray shorts and a gray T-shirt.

The 18-year-old turned himself in at 5:30 p.m. at the correctional facility. Investigators have opened a second-degree escape case, police said.

WAIPI'O

H-2 CRASH INJURES MOTORCYCLIST

A motorcyclist was critically injured yesterday in a crash on the H-2 Freeway several hundred yards from the Ka Uka Boulevard overpass. The man was riding with a group when his motorcycle veered off the freeway into the median about 1:30 p.m., officials said.

He was transported to The Queen's Medical Center, where his condition was downgraded from serious to critical.

MAUI

DRIVER INJURED AFTER HITTING POSTS

A 25-year-old man was critically injured Saturday night when his 2003 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 pickup veered right off Mokulele Highway and collided with two traffic signal posts at an intersection in Pu'unene.

The crash was reported to Maui police at 11:12 p.m. The impact knocked down the traffic signal posts at the Mehameha Loop intersection and separated the cab of the pickup truck from the truck's frame. The driver was not wearing a seat belt, police said.

A 20-year-old woman passenger in the truck was wearing a seat belt and was not injured, police said.

O'AHU

SMALL BRUSHFIRES UNDER CONTROL

Firefighters yesterday quickly put out small brushfires off Kaukonahua Road near Wahiawa and off Farrington Highway near Makua Cave.

Police closed Kaukonahua Road between Thomson Corner and Wilikina Drive from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. because of two separate fires, one near Poamoho Estates and the other close to the "S-turn" a half-mile south of Poamoho Estates, said Fire Department spokesman Capt. Kenison Tejada.

The fire near Poamoho was extinguished 30 minutes after firefighters responded to the 12:15 p.m. alarm, Tejada said. The second fire was reported under control a short time later, according to Tejada. Police reopened Kaukonahua Road at 2:22 p.m.

Two engine and two tanker companies responded to the brushfire near Makua Cave at 12:45 p.m. and had the situation under control at 1:07 p.m., Tejada said.

CENTRAL O'AHU

SEMINARS GIVE TIPS ON TERMITES

Homeowners looking to gain some tips about preventing and controlling termite damage may attend two seminars this week.

The University of Hawai'i's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources is hosting the first tomorrow from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Mililani High School, and the second on Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Moanalua High School.

Registration is required. For the Mililani seminar, call 622-1634; for the Moanalua seminar call 384-6824.

For more information, visit the Web site www2.hawaii.edu /~entomol.

HONOLULU

MAN ACCUSED OF TERRORISTIC THREAT

Police arrested a 38-year-old Honolulu man after he allegedly used a shotgun to threaten a neighbor who was having a party early yesterday.

About 2:05 a.m. yesterday a 27-year-old man was at a party in his apartment building when the 38-year-old, who lives in the same building, started yelling at the partygoers to keep the noise down.

Police said the man went back to his apartment, got his shotgun, and went back to the party, where he pointed it at the 27-year-old and at the apartment's owner and threatened them.

The man then gave his shotgun to a friend, who drove off.

Police responded to the scene and arrested the 38-year-old man on suspicion of first-degree terroristic threatening.