

Paul Johnston, CP24.com





A 43-year-old Toronto woman has been charged with second-degree murder following a fatal hit-and-run that left her mother dead in Pelmo Park Tuesday afternoon.

It happened in the parking lot of the Leon’s outlet located at 10 Suntract Rd., in the Jane Street and Highway 401 area, shortly after 2 p.m.

According to police, the victim was located on the ground suffering from obvious signs of trauma after being struck by a vehicle.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police identified the victim as 65-year-old Eleanor Campbell on Wednesday afternoon.

Through the course of their investigation, police determined that Campbell was intentionally struck.

Tuesday night, the daughter of the victim was arrested by police in connection with the case at a relative’s residence.

The two women had been at a nearby restaurant earlier in the afternoon, police told CTV News Wednesday.

Surveillance camera footage shows the vehicle that the victim was travelling in parking in the west end of the Leon’s lot. Campbell can later be seen getting out of the vehicle and walking across the lot with the aid of her walker.

Toronto police Det. Paul Worden said that after allegedly fatally striking the woman, the driver of the vehicle casually drove away.

Michelle Campbell is charged with second-degree murder.

She was scheduled to appear in court this morning.

Anyone who may have been in the parking lot at the time of the incident is asked to contact investigators at 416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-TIPS (8477).

- With files from CTV Toronto’s Tamara Cherry.