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Man, 64, charged in connection with fatal hit-and-run in Toronto

Toronto Police Superintendent Steve Watts of the Organized Crime Enforcement unit, listens during a press conference announcing new gun control laws, in Toronto on August 5, 2022. The Toronto Police Services Board is set to meet today to decide whether to approve a nearly $50-million funding increase for the city's police force, which would see the addition of 200 officers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston. CLB

A 64-year-old man has been charged in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in Toronto, police say.

Toronto police said on Jan. 4, at around 5:10 p.m., officers received a report of a hit-and-run in the Second Street and Lake Shore Boulevard West area.

According to police, a dark coloured Ford pickup truck was headed westbound on Lake Shore Boulevard West when it turned right onto Second Street.

“While the driver made the turn, a 59-year-old man, of Toronto, was walking from the west side to the east side, on the north side of Lake Shore Boulevard West,” police said in a news release.

Officers said the truck struck the man.

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He was taken to hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.

Police said on Monday, 64-year-old Euclide Ross from Toronto was arrested.

He has been charged with dangerous operation of a conveyance causing death and failing to stop at the scene of an accident causing death.

Police said he was scheduled to appear in court on Monday.

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