A male in his 30s was taken to hospital with serious injuries following an altercation with a driver of a vehicle in downtown Toronto, police say.
The incident happened around 3 a.m. Wednesday near the intersection of John Street and Stephanie Street just south of Dundas Street.
Const. Clint Stibbe said a Jeep SUV struck a black pick-up truck and the driver of the SUV then got into an altercation with a male, who was found on the roadway.
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Toronto paramedics said the victim was transported to hospital with serious, possibly life-threatening injuries.
Police said the driver of the Jeep SUV fled the scene.
Officers said in an update Wednesday evening that the vehicle was found in Toronto’s east end earlier in the day and that the search for the suspect is still underway.