Officials say a 62-year-old man is dead after he was struck by a vehicle in north Etobicoke Saturday morning.
Police said they were called to the area of Kipling Avenue and Stevenson Road, just north of Finch Avenue, around 6:15 a.m.
Officers said the victim was crossing Kipling Avenue from the west to the east side north of Stevenson Road when a vehicle heading southbound on Kipling Avenue hit him.
He was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition where he died, officials said.
Twenty-four-year-old Mureithi Premji of Toronto has been charged with operation of a conveyance causing death while impaired and operation of a conveyance causing death while exceeding 80 mgs.
Roads were closed in the area as officers investigated but have since reopened.