A pedestrian was killed early Thursday morning in Tampa after deputies said he stepped in front of an oncoming Jeep.

The crash happened at 5:32 a.m. on Fletcher Avenue, just west of Bruce B. Downs Boulevard.

Jodie D. Carroll, 50, was standing on the concrete median when he suddenly stepped in front of a westbound 2001 Jeep Cherokee, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

The driver of the Jeep stopped immediately after hitting Carroll, deputies said.

Carroll died at the scene of the crash.