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Sudbury police search for suspect in hit-and-run homicide investigation

Police in Sudbury, Ont., say they are investigating a hit-and-run collision as a homicide. The Canadian Press Images/Francis Vachon

SUDBURY, Ont. — Police in Sudbury, Ont., say they are investigating a hit-and-run collision as a homicide.

Emergency services were called after a pedestrian was hit by a car near the intersection of Lasalle Boulevard and Notre Dame Avenue early this morning.

The 30-year-old pedestrian sustained critical injuries and later died in hospital.

Police say the vehicle’s driver fled the scene before officers arrived.

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Investigators say that the driver of the vehicle and the 30 year old man were involved in an altercation in a gas station parking lot before the collision.

Police say the victim was stabbed before being intentionally run over with the vehicle.

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Officers found the red four-door Dodge Magnum was unoccupied on Mitchell Street.

The driver of the vehicle is described as being a six-foot-one white man with a medium build and brownish red hair.

At the time of the incident he was wearing a black t-shirt with a black and red flannel shirt; however, police say they believe he has changed his clothes since the altercation.

 

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