Police search for driver in west end hit-and-run

Police investigate after a woman was struck by a vehicle in Etobicoke on May 21, 2025. CITYNEWS/Hughes Cormier

Posted May 21, 2025 9:48 pm.

Last Updated May 21, 2025 10:58 pm.

Toronto police are searching for the driver of a vehicle that struck a pedestrian in the city’s west end on Wednesday night.

Investigators say just after 9 p.m., a woman was struck by a vehicle in the Islington Avenue and Eglinton Avenue area.

Police say the driver failed to remain at the scene. There was no immediate description of the vehicle.

A woman in her 30s was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

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