Driver with suspended licence arrested in hit-and-run that injured worker on Hwy. 401
Posted September 13, 2023 2:03 pm.
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have made an arrest after a road maintenance worker was struck by a vehicle that entered a closed off construction zone on Highway 401 near Victoria Park Avenue early Tuesday morning.
OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said the worker was painting lines on the highway when he was struck by a black Corvette that entered the closed off area and then fled the scene.
Schmidt said the worker suffered “life-altering” injuries and remains in hospital.
“The vehicle and driver have now been located and identified,” Schmidt confirmed in a video posted to social media on Wednesday.
Update: 24-year-old from North York in custody pending a bail hearing facing charges of Dangerous Driving, and Fail to Stop at a collision scene – both cause bodily harm.
The vehicle has also been located. Thank you to everyone who provided tips to #TorontoOPP investigators. ^ks pic.twitter.com/uXo7P3QSZ0— OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) September 13, 2023
The driver — a 24-year-old man from North York — is facing charges of dangerous driving causing bodily harm, failure to stop at the scene of a crash that resulted in bodily harm, and driving with a suspended licence.
He remains in custody pending a bail hearing.
The black Corvette was later found abandoned in a parking lot in southern Scarborough, Schmidt revealed.
According to records from the Ministry of Transportation (MTO), the stretch of highway where the worker was struck had been closed for construction since 11 p.m. Monday night.
