PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- After driving away from a police traffic stop in North Portland, a man crashed his car, then was hit and killed while crossing I-5 traffic lanes on foot late Saturday night.

Just before 11 p.m., officers tried to conduct a traffic stop on North Rosa Parks Way, when the car drove away, authorities said.

While police did not say what the driver was being pulled over for, they did not pursue the vehicle.

The driver soon crashed near the I-5 South on-ramp in the area.

The driver then got out of the vehicle and crossed the southbound lanes of I-5 into the northbound lanes, where he was hit and killed by another vehicle passing by.

Police said the driver of the involved vehicle stayed at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation.

Anyone with information o

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