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St. Thomas police are asking for help identifying a vehicle involved in an alleged hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian early Saturday.
Emergency crews responded just before 1:30 a.m. to a collision involving a pedestrian at the intersection of Sunset Road and Fingal Line, where a 34-year-old was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died, police said.
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The driver of the vehicle involved in the collision didn’t remain at the scene, said police, who as of Saturday afternoon hadn’t identified the deceased.
Police released a short video clip of the suspect’s vehicle and were asking anyone who was in the area around the time of the fatal crash, including anyone with dashboard-camera or surveillance video, to contact St. Thomas police at 519-631-1224.
Man charged after police seize loaded handgun from vehicle
An Oakville man faces charges after police arrested a wanted man in St. Thomas and seized a handgun.
St. Thomas police assisted the Ontario Provincial Police Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (ROPE) squad in arresting a suspect who was believed to be in a vehicle with a gun on Friday, police said.
Officers seized a loaded handgun from under the rear passenger seat of the vehicle, police said.
An Oakville man, 39, is charged with seven gun-related offences including possession of firearm contrary to a probation order, careless storage of a firearm, possession of a prohibited or restricted weapon and unauthorized possession of a firearm.
The ROPE squad is a multi-agency task force responsible for locating parolees unlawfully at large and prisoners who escape custody.
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