

Joshua Freeman, CP24.com





A 39-year-old man has died of his injuries after being struck by an SUV in Scarborough Sunday evening.

The male pedestrian was struck near the intersection of Kennedy Road and Ellesmere Avenue at around 7:20 p.m.

Paramedics found the man without vital signs and performed CPR at the scene before rushing him to a trauma centre via emergency run.

He was pronounced dead in hospital a short time later.

The collision reconstruction Unit still trying to determine what happened.

The driver of the vehicle remained at the scene.

The intersection was closed for several hours, but has since reopened.

This is the city’s first traffic fatality of 2016.