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Toronto Raptors playoff ticket auction raises $20K for family of 4-year-old hit-and-run victim

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Woman arrested in connection with alleged motorcycle hit-and-run of 4-year-old boy
WATCH ABOVE: Police said Breanne Lynn Maclellan, 32, turned herself in Thursday morning in connection with the alleged hit-and-run involving four-year-old Radiul Chowdhury. Catherine Mcdonald reports. (May 30) – May 30, 2019

TORONTO – The company that owns the Toronto Raptors says a pair of NBA playoff tickets auctioned off to support an employee whose son was the victim of a hit and run sold for more than $20,000.

Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment says the winning bid Thursday for the tickets was $20,500.

READ MORE: Motorcyclist charged in east-end Toronto hit-and-run investigation, 4-year-old still in critical condition

Paramount Fine Foods CEO Mohamad Fakih is also pledging to donate his $10,000 bid despite losing out on the tickets to Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

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Radiul Chowdhury, who is four, was critically injured when he was struck by a motorcycle Sunday afternoon.

The boy’s father, Ruhul Chowdhury, works for MLSE.

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The company says all the money raised from the auction, which began Tuesday night and closed Thursday at noon, will be directly donated to the Chowdhury family.

Toronto police say two people are now in custody after a 32-year-old woman from Markham, Ont., turned herself in.

She’s been charged with leaving the scene of an accident causing bodily harm.

A 31-year-old man was arrested on Monday and faces charges including leaving the scene, driving with an improper licence and driving without insurance.

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