The arrest was made in a fatal hit-and-run in Etobicoke

Police have arrested and charged a Toronto driver after a fatal hit-and-run in Etobicoke earlier this month.

On Jan. 4 at about 5:10 p.m., police said, the driver of a dark Ford pickup was traveling west on Lake Shore West Boulevard and made a right turn north onto Second Street.

A man was crossing Second Street as the driver was turning and was hit by the truck, according to police.

The pedestrian was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, where he later died.

The driver fled the scene, police said.

On Jan. 5, investigators released a surveillance photo of the truck.

In a press release, police said they arrested and charged Euclid Ross, 64, of Toronto, on Monday with dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death and failing to stop at the scene of an accident causing death.

Ross was scheduled to appear in a Toronto courtroom earlier today.

The pedestrian, who has not been identified by police, is the city’s first pedestrian fatality of 2023.