Cops have tracked down a car that was allegedly caught on video recently speeding dangerously through oncoming traffic at a Markham intersection.

But York Regional police say they still need help identifying the driver who was behind the wheel when the terrifying incident was captured by another motorist’s dashboard-mounted camera a couple weeks ago.

“After releasing the dashcam footage to the media and posting to social media, information was provided to officers regarding the license plate of the suspect vehicle featured in the video,” Const. Andy Pattenden said Wednesday. “The vehicle has been located and the owner of the vehicle has been identified.”

However, he said the owner is not believed to have been driving at the time.

The incident occurred between noon and 1 p.m. on April 18.

Pattenden said the vehicle, now identified as a beige 2004 Toyota Corolla, was travelling “at a high rate of speed” eastbound on 16th Ave., east of Markham Rd., through a school zone.

“The vehicle drove through a red light and proceeded eastbound in the westbound lanes, narrowly missing two cars that were stopped for the westbound red light,” he said.

The stunning video shows the Corolla flying through the intersection, squeezing between one oncoming vehicle in the curb lane and another in the left turn lane, as two young girls walk along the nearby sidewalk in front of Saint Brother Andre Catholic High School.

Off camera, a person can be heard saying, “Oh my God,” in disbelief as the Corolla whizzes by.

“What we need now is an independent witness who can identify the driver,” Pattenden said.

He said the culprit faces dangerous driving and possibly other related offences, but police can’t lay charges until the driver is identified.

Anyone with information regarding the driver’s identity should call police at 1-866-876-5423, ext.7523, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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