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Man dies in hospital after Labour Day hit-and-run in Toronto

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WATCH ABOVE: Toronto police are investigating a series of separate hit-and-run incidents over the Labour Day weekend that left one man dead and three others injured. Morganne Campbell has more. – Sep 5, 2022

Toronto police are appealing for help identifying a car involved in a fatal hit-and-run on Monday.

Police said they received reports someone had been hit by a car at around 4:21 a.m. on Monday morning at the Yonge and College streets intersection in downtown Toronto.

A man was driving a Honda Civic south along Yonge Street when he came upon a male pedestrian who “for reasons still to be determined, was lying in the southbound lane of Yonge Street just south of College,” police said.

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The driver went through the intersection, hitting the man and continuing on toward Gerrard Street West, according to officers.

The pedestrian was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said. He was pronounced dead in hospital.

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An investigation – led by the traffic services division – is ongoing. Police have released an image of the suspect vehicle: a dark coloured four-door Honda Civic.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police.

— with files The Canadian Press

Security camera image of the suspect vehicle were released by police. TPS/Handout

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