PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Police arrested a man after he initially eluded officers in his car, then crashed his vehicle in Northeast Portland on Thursday, authorities said.
Portland police said they attempted to stop the driver around 4 p.m. near Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Northeast Columbia Street but he took off. Officers did not pursue.
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However, the driver crashed his car anyway, then ran from the scene, according to police. After that, police said they started a search for the man, setting up a perimeter and using dogs to track him.
He was located and arrested within an hour, Portland police said…