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A 69-year-old Hamilton man has been arrested and charged in a fatal hit and run on Tuesday in Mississauga, Ont., Peel police say.
Emergency crews responded to calls of a crash involving a pedestrian shortly before 6 p.m. in the intersection of Winston Churchill Blvd. and Dundas Street W., Const. Tyler Bell-Morena told reporters at a news conference Thursday.
The pedestrian, a man in his 60s, was pronounced dead at the scene, Bell-Morena said. The victim lived in the nearby area and is believed to have been heading home before the crash, he said.
The driver did not remain at the scene and police identified the involved vehicle and appealed to the public for information.
The 69-year-old suspect was arrested Wednesday evening after his vehicle was identified by police. Investigators determined he lived in the Hannon area outside Hamilton, Ont. and arrested him at his home.
The man has been charged with failure to remain at an accident resulting in death, Bell-Morena said. He said further charges may be laid as the investigation continues.
Police appeal for bystander driver who followed suspect
Investigators canvasing the area discovered that another driver may have witnessed the incident, Bell-Morena said.
He said that bystander driver appeared to have followed the suspect to a nearby plaza parking lot after the crash and had “some form of interaction.” It appeared the driver was trying to hold the suspect accountable for the crash, he said.
Investigators are urging that driver to come forward as they may have “invaluable first-hand accounts” of what happened, said Bell-Morena.
“We quite likely have a member of the public, who followed [the suspect], tried to flag them down and say, ‘Hey listen, you just hit somebody and need to go back,'” he said.
Bell-Morena said there is no indication at this time that the suspect went back to the scene after the crash.