A 33-year-old Annapolis man was killed late Friday on Interstate 97 in Anne Arundel County after he left his car to check on a friend, Maryland State Police said in a statement Saturday.

       Shortly before midnight Friday, Maria Ines Cortes-Gutierrez, 40, of Glen Burnie, was driving on I-97 when she stopped her car, which did not have its lights on, near the Crownsville exit. Her friend Victor Antonio Diaz Aguilera, who was driving a separate car, stopped and ran across the highway to check on Cortes-Gutierrez, who was seated in her vehicle, police said.

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       At that time, the driver of a third car swerved to avoid Cortes-Gutierrez’s car, but struck Aguilera, who was declared dead at the scene, according to the statement. Cortes-Gutierrez was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and was taken to the Anne Arundel County Detention Center, police said. The driver of the third vehicle was not charged.

       The case remains under investigation and police ask that anyone with information contact the Annapolis Barrack at 410-267-5800.