Man dies after rushing security at Honolulu Airport. authorities say

HONOLULU -- A man in his 40s died Saturday morning after breaching a TSA security checkpoint at the Honolulu International Airport, CBS affiliate KGMB reports. 

Department of Transportation officials said the suspect forced his way through the exit lane of the security checkpoint and gained access to an area where ticketed passengers were waiting to board. The incident occurred around 5:45 a.m. 

“All of a sudden this man, a very large man, ran through the terminal and started ramming himself through the doors,” reported Hawaii News Now’s Mahealani Richardson. She was at the airport with her son waiting to board their plane to Molokai. “He looked like he was trying to get out to the runway where the planes are.”

The suspect managed to make it outside to the Airport Operations Area, before he was placed in custody.

“Even after he was detained, there was still a struggle and the suspect remained combative and at that point is when he became unresponsive,” said Tim Sakahara, DOT spokesperson.

Sakahara told the The Honolulu Star-Advertiser that efforts to revive him were made by the Honolulu Fire Department, EMS and Airport Rescue Fire Fighters. 

The newspaper says the man was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. 

Sakahara says one law enforcement officer with the Securitas firm was injured and has been taken to the hospital for treatment.

Honolulu police detectives are investigating the incident.