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Cyclist dead after being hit by car in downtown Toronto

A Toronto Paramedic Services ambulance. File / Global News

A male cyclist has died after officials say he was hit by a car in downtown Toronto Thursday evening.

Emergency crews were called to Dundas Street West at Denison Avenue, near Bathurst Street, at around 6:10 p.m. with reports of a collision.

A Toronto Paramedics spokesperson told Global News the man was taken to a trauma centre in life-threatening condition.

However, Toronto police later said he died from his injuries.

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Police said the driver remained at the scene of the collision.

Traffic services investigators were called in to probe the circumstances leading up to the collision.

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