A two-year-old boy is dead after being hit by a driver in Etobicoke on Tuesday evening.

Police reported that at around 5:15 p.m., a 25-year-old man in a car was waiting to pick someone up in front of an apartment building near Richview and Scarlett roads, close to Eglinton Avenue West.

A mother and her toddler left the building at the same time as the person who the driver was waiting for.

Police said after the passenger got into the dark-coloured Pontiac Torrent 2009, the driver reversed the car and struck the toddler.

The boy was rushed to hospital where he died Tuesday evening.

Police are asking local residents, businesses and drivers who may have security or dash-camera footage of the area to contact investigators.

​Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-1900 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).

March 25, 2020 — Correction: This story has been updated from a previously published version to correct the location of the collision.

Raneem Alozzi is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star's radio room in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @r_alozzi