A 69-year-old Honolulu man died after he was struck by a vehicle early Friday as he was walking in the middle of the Kalaeloa extension to the H-1 freeway.

The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man as Esteras Hartman.

The accident occurred around 4:43 a.m. Friday, according to Emergency Medical Services. Paramedics treated and took Hartman in critical condition to a hospital where he later died.

Police said Hartman, walking east, was neither in a marked crosswalk nor in an area made for pedestrians when he was struck by the vehicle.

An unidentified witness said that before the crash possibly the same male was trying to cross the westbound lanes.

“We really don’t know what his intention was. He was in the middle lane between the off- and onramp in the area,” HPD Lt. Andre Peters said.

Police closed the Kalaeloa onramp and offramp around 5 a.m. to conduct an investigation and reopened all lanes at 7:40 a.m.

This was the 29th Oahu traffic fatality so far this year, compared with 39 at the same time last year.

Woman injured after leap to flee fire

A 51-year-old woman was hurt after jumping from her third-floor apartment lanai to escape a fire at the Makaha Surfside Apartments on Friday morning.

Emergency Medical Services paramedics treated the woman for her injuries and took her in serious condition to a hospital.

The Honolulu Fire Department responded to the two-alarm fire with nine units at 85-175 Farrington Highway at 8:47 a.m. and found smoke coming from a third-floor unit of the four-story apartment building. The fire was under control by 8:54 a.m.

The cause of the fire is being investigated.