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Police identify suspect vehicle in fatal hit-and-run crash in Vaughan, Ont.

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The Canadian Press. (2026, October 16). Police identify suspect vehicle in fatal hit-and-run crash in Vaughan, Ont. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/police-identify-suspect-vehicle-in-fatal-hit-and-run-crash-in-vaughan-ont/article_eb031d42-8645-5b02-bc3b-6adbcef37e32.html

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Police in Vaughan have identified a vehicle they believe struck and killed a woman who was walking to work on Pine Valley Drive around 8:30 p.m. on October 4. The victim, described as a live-in caregiver, was found by a passerby two days after the incident. York Regional Police are investigating the hit-and-run crash.

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York Regional Police have identified a suspect vehicle involved in a fatal hit-and-run incident that occurred on October 4 in Vaughan. The victim, a 60-year-old woman who was walking to her job as a live-in caregiver, was struck by an unknown vehicle around 8:30 p.m. while crossing Pine Valley Drive near Major Mackenzie Drive. Her body remained undiscovered until October 6 when it was found by a passerby. The suspect vehicle is described as a white 2020 to 2022 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van, and police are now seeking the public's assistance in locating it.

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Police in Vaughan, Ont., say they have identified a vehicle believed to have fatally struck a woman whose body was found by a passerby two days later. asserted

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York regional police say the woman, a live-in caregiver, was walking on Pine Valley Drive on her way to work around 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 4 when she was hit by a vehicle that then left the scene. asserted

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Police identify suspect vehicle in fatal hit-and-run crash in Vaughan, Ont.

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