Female driver wanted in hit-and-run involving motorcyclist

A Toronto police cruiser. Photo: Flickr. LDT2013

By Lucas Casaletto

Posted October 19, 2023 8:29 pm.

Last Updated October 19, 2023 8:31 pm.

Toronto police are searching for a female driver after a motorcyclist was struck and injured in a hit-and-run northwest of the city.

Officers were called to the Steeles Avenue West and Islington Avenue West area in the Humber Summit neighbourhood just before 8 p.m. on Thursday.

Police said a driver struck a motorcyclist and fled the scene.

The suspect vehicle is believed to be a silver sedan with a female driver behind the wheel last seen travelling westbound on Steeles Avenue.

The motorcyclist suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

There are delays and road closures in the area.

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