Hit-and-run investigated as homicide

Toronto police say an alleged hitand-run that left one man dead in the city’s east end is now being treated as a homicide. They say officers were called to the intersection of Danforth and Woodbine Avenues shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday after reports of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle. Police allege the driver took off after the collision. A male pedestrian was found with lifethreatening injuries. He was later pronounced dead in hospital. Police offered no details as to what led them to classify the man’s death as a homicide.