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Toronto police say a 61-year-old man is dead following a hit-and-run in Scarborough.
Emergency crews responded to a call of a pedestrian struck by a car around 7:12 a.m. Wednesday in the area of St. Clair Avenue East and Midland Avenue.
A witness told Global News the man was at a crosswalk when his was hit.
“I just saw the gentleman walking up to the crosswalk, hit the button to walk across and he waited,” local resident Steve Blankley said.
“I heard the horns honking. By the time I came out, he was laying on the grass.”
Toronto paramedics said a man was taken to a local hospital with critical injuries. He later succumbed to his injuries.
Police said they are looking for a black mini-van seen fleeing the scene.
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“That vehicle has damage because we have debris at the scene,” Sgt. Brett Moore told reporters on Wednesday.
St. Clair Avenue East was closed from Chine Drive and Midland Avenue for the investigation but has since reopened.
Police are asking anyone with information to come forward.
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— With a file from Jamie Mauracher
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