A pedestrian died after being hit by two cars late Wednesday on outer Division Street in Southeast Portland, police say.

One of the drivers kept driving, police said, but the other stayed at the scene and was arrested on suspicion of intoxicated and reckless driving. Authorities plan to publicly identify the pedestrian, a woman, after an autopsy is performed and her family is notified.

It's the latest death on a wide street transportation officials say is the most dangerous in the city for pedestrians, and it comes less than three months after another pedestrian died 20 blocks away.

Brent A. Klausner

Authorities initially responded to Southeast 138th Avenue and Division Street about 10:15 p.m. and found the woman dead in the road, according to police. Officers think she was walking south across Division when a westbound car hit her. A second westbound vehicle hit her shortly thereafter, police said.

The first driver drove away, but the second stayed. Officers haven't found the driver or car thought to have first hit the woman, police said.

The second driver, 42-year-old Brent A. Klausner, was jailed and has since been released, according to police.

Angel G. Cardona-Aguilar

A third driver, 31-year-old Angel G. Cardona-Aguilar, is suspected of driving around a road closure and into the crime scene, "narrowly missing" an investigator, according to a Portland police news release.

Cardona-Aguilar was jailed on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants, reckless driving and reckless endangering. He has since been released, as well.

The woman's death is the 26th traffic crash fatality the Major Crash Team has investigated in Portland this year.

The death marked the fourth pedestrian fatality on outer Division Street in 2018, according to city figures.

Division is the most dangerous road for pedestrians, and near the top for bikes and motorists.

According to the city's website, 129 people have been seriously injured on Division in the past decade, beyond the nearly two dozen killed in traffic crashes there..

The city has funding and a far-reaching plan to redesign large swaths of the street -- including adding a center medium, more pedestrian crossing beacons and additional street lights and traffic signals -- but much of that work isn't set to begin until 2019.

Police urge anyone who has information to contact Portland Police Bureau Traffic Division Officer David Enz at 503-823-2208 or David.Enz@portlandoregon.gov.

— Jim Ryan and Andrew Theen