Construction worker suffers life-altering injuries in Highway 401 hit-and-run

The Ontario Provincial Police say a hit-and-run has left a construction worker with serious injuries on Highway 401 in Toronto early Tuesday.

The eastbound collector lanes on Highway 401 from Highway 404 to Victoria Park Avenue were closed for much of the morning. In an update at 11:30 a.m., OPP said the roads had reopened to traffic.

OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said the hit-and-run happened on the highway near Victoria Park Avenue at around 3:30 a.m.

Schmidt told Global News the 24-year-old man from Markham was taken to hospital with life-altering injuries.

He said construction workers were painting lines on the highway when the incident occurred. The road was closed eastbound from Leslie Street.

Schmidt said investigators believe the Corvette broke through the closure and crashed into the line painter at Victoria Park, leaving debris behind.

According to Schmidt, the vehicle involved is described as a black Corvette “which will have damage to that vehicle.”

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“Witnesses also reported seeing that vehicle on Warden Avenue after the collision travelling at a high-rate of speed,” Schmidt said.

Schmidt said anyone with information on the driver is asked to contact police at 416-235-4981.