Peel Region police have identified the victim in a fatal hit-and-run in Mississauga on Friday.

Police say that 45-year-old Penny Cousard of Mississauga was operating an electric mobility wheelchair near the intersection of Dixie Road and Lakeshore Road around 6:40 a.m. when she was struck by a vehicle.

Police identified the suspect vehicle as a black Honda Civic with Ontario plates CKCX 123.

The driver fled the scene after hitting Cousard, who was travelling north in the southbound bicycle lane.

Investigators are urging the driver of the vehicle to contact legal counsel and turn themselves in.

Anyone with information on the location of this vehicle or information related to this collision can contact the Major Collision Bureau 905-453-2121, ext. 3710.

She was at least the second pedestrian struck in the GTA on Friday morning.

A man in his 30s suffered life-threatening injuries after he was struck by a driver at around 4:30 a.m. in North York, in the Sheppard Avenue West and Allen Road area.

Sabrina Gamrot is a reporter with the Mississauga News and Brampton Guardian. Reach her via email: sgamrot@mississauga.net

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