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Car fleeing Portland police crashes, burns

The Columbian
Published: May 6, 2013, 5:00pm

PORTLAND — Police say a car that sped away from a traffic stop crashed into another car Monday night in northeast Portland and caught fire.

Police say the driver helped a woman passenger out of the car, then ran away. The 32-year-old man was tracked down by a police dog and arrested.

He was treated at a hospital, along with his passenger and the driver of the other car who were injured in the collision.

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