New video shows the moment a man was hit by a car while crossing a street in Toronto’s east end.
It happened near Queen Street and Jones Avenue in the city’s Leslieville neighbourhood shortly before midnight on Monday.
Surveillance footage obtained by CTV News Toronto from a nearby business shows the victim crossing Queen Street in the crosswalk when what looks like a white-coloured sedan turns left onto Queen from Jones Avenue, striking the pedestrian.
Toronto police say the vehicle that struck the man did not remain on scene.
No description of the suspect vehicle or the driver has been provided by police, but investigators are urging the person responsible to turn themselves in.
“This is such a horrible thing to have happened and for you drive away from somebody who has sustained horrible injuries, we would ask that you turn yourself in,” Const. Cindy Chung told CP24 on Tuesday.
The pedestrian, who police said is a 34-year-old man, was taken to a trauma centre with critical injuries. He is still in life-threatening condition.
A resident living in the area told CTV News Toronto that she heard the crash and saw the driver flee.
“There was a loud bang and I went out on my balcony and saw the guy laying there,” Julie-Ann Viggers said. “[The car] squealed like it was trying to get away fast.”
Investigators are asking anyone with dash camera video of the area from the time of the collision to contact police.
