Portland, OR : 1 dead, 1 injured in hit-and-run crash on Sunset Highway on Monday, August 8, 2016

One man died after being struck by a car Monday on U.S. 26 east of the tunnel, police said.

Police and emergency workers responded to reports of two pedestrians hit by a car on the highway at 10:25 p.m., Portland Police Bureau spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson said in a news release Monday.

One man was found dead on the highway. Another was driven to a Portland hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

The driver left the scene before authorities arrived and there is no information on the kind of car involved in the crash, Simpson said.

The westbound highway is closed between downtown Portland and the tunnel, and is expected to remain closed for a few hours, Simpson said.

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1 dead, 1 injured in hit-and-run crash on Sunset Highway