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An elderly woman is dead after being struck by two vehicles in a hit-and-run collision in midtown Toronto Wednesday morning, police say.
Toronto police said the woman, who was 70 years old, was crossing Eglinton Avenue East near Dunfield Avenue shortly before 7:20 a.m. after buying groceries when she was hit by two vehicles travelling in opposite directions.
“She was struck by two vehicles, one travelling eastbound and one travelling westbound,” Duty Insp. Scott Bradbury of the Toronto Police Service told reporters at a morning news conference.
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Neither vehicle remained at the scene, Bradbury said.
The woman was pronounced dead despite life-saving efforts by paramedics.
Police initially said they were looking for a light- or white-coloured Hyundai SUV-style vehicle as one of the vehicles involved, while little information was available about the second vehicle.
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Later Wednesday, Toronto police announced an arrest had been made in the fail-to-remain investigation.
Police allege a white Hyundai Venue was travelling westbound on Eglinton Avenue East when it struck the woman
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At about 11:30 a.m., police said a 48 year-old Toronto man turned himself in. He was arrested and charged with dangerous operation of a conveyance causing death and leaving the scene of an accident-causing death.
He is scheduled to appear in court at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre on Friday.
Bradbury described the collision as a “tragic end to 2025.”
The incident remains under investigation, and police said Eglinton Avenue East was closed between Yonge and Lillian streets for several hours.
Police are urging anyone with information, or dashcam or surveillance footage, to contact investigators.
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