Police are urging a suspect driver who allegedly caused a fatal collision in central Hamilton on Wednesday to turn himself in.
In a release on Thursday morning, Hamilton police made the plea after a Special Investigations Unit (SIU) probe that revealed a 51-year-old Hamilton woman was killed after her Hyundai Sonata was hit by a stolen GMC Sierra pickup truck at the intersection of Maplewood Avenue and Balsam Avenue South.
“Detectives are urging the driver to seek legal advice and to attend a police station,” the release said.
On Thursday, Ontario’s police watchdog said the investigation initially involved two crashes with a previous incident around 9 a.m. near the intersection of Gage Avenue South and Main Street East.
A spokesperson for the SIU told Global News a man drove away from that smash-up before being connected with the fatal crash less than half a kilometre away.
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Collision reconstruction investigators believe the white Hyundai sedan driven by the victim was travelling westbound on Maplewood when the GMC truck went through a stop sign and hit it.
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The driver of the pickup then took off on foot and headed eastbound towards Gage park without assisting the injured woman.
Detectives believe the driver is a man of small stature in his mid-20s to late 30s with slightly dark skin and shaggy or messy hair. He was wearing a T-shirt and dark pants.
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