Police find car connected to fatal hit-and-run

Toronto police have found the car used in a fatal hit-and-run last week and are now searching for its owner, investigators said Wednesday.

A 63-year-old woman walking on a sidewalk was killed when a grey 2014 Nissan Rogue mounted a curb on York Mills Rd., west of Don Mills Rd. just after 11 p.m. on Oct. 4.

“She was a resident of New Brunswick, and was having dinner with a work colleague,” Toronto police Const. Clint Stibbe said of the victim, via email.

“When they left the restaurant on the south side of York Mills, the victim was discussing the pedestrian fa- talities as a result of midblock crossings.”

Stibbe said the victim and her friend reached the intersection of York Mills and Don Mills, where the countdown timer had already begun.

“The victim wanted to wait until the next walk signal to cross safely,” he said.

The pair crossed the road and started walking west. Then the victim was hit. The driver fled, police said. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Police previously said the car was blue.

Investigators found the Nissan at an auto shop in Toronto on Friday. It’s registered to 28-year-old Erin Wright of Toronto and has the Onta- rio licence plate BVVH 900, police said in a news release Wednesday. Wright is a person of interest, Stibbe said.

“She has failed to report the collision as required under law, and she has not furnished any information in regards to the collision or who was operating the vehicle at the time,” he said.

Stibbe said he doesn’t have any information about whether the car may have been stolen or driven by someone else, or if there are any other people of interest.

Investigators are now asking for the public’s help in tracking the car between 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 4 and 1:30 a.m. the next day.