The latest victim of Toronto’s deadly streets has been identified as 77-year-old Pasquina Lapadula.

A family member and neighbour confirmed that Lapadula was the pedestrian struck by a driver in a hit-and-run crash in North York during rush hour Thursday morning.

Sgt. Joe Kranjac, told the Star police have obtained security footage of her leaving the lobby of her building on Islington Ave., to go for a morning walk, just before the crash.

Kranjac described Lapadula as “a very active senior” who often walked near her home.

She was hit by a driver near Islington Avenue and Aviemore Drive, just north of Finch Avenue West, around 6:30 a.m., Toronto police Traffic Services Sgt. Jason Kraft told reporters at the scene.

It was still dark out, Kraft said, adding that “it’s very early in the investigation.”

The driver fled after the crash, he said.

The unidentified person was driving a motor vehicle northbound on Islington Avenue at Aviemore Drive, police said in a press release Thursday. It is also alleged that the female pedestrian was crossing Islington Avenue, from the east to west curb, when she was struck and killed. The driver continued northbound on Islington Avenue.

Police have also released a video that has identified a vehicle of interest. It is described as a dark-coloured SUV with bright head lights and fog lights. It may also have front end damage, particularly to a headlamp according to police.

“So we’re asking everyone to look at their neighbour’s cars if they live in the area, added Kranjac.

Kraft called on the driver to contact a lawyer and speak to investigators.

Anyone who was there at the time or has dashcam video is urged to contact police or Crime Stoppers.

Police do have dashcam footage that appears to show a black SUV swerving around Lapadula’s body, Kranjac said. But that appears to have been a passing driver who didn’t stop to help, not the suspect in the hit-and-run, Kranjac said, calling the behaviour “troubling.”

“Morally, what kind of people are we?” he said. “This is getting ridiculous.”

There is no pedestrian crosswalk crossing on Islington Avenue at Aviemore Drive. The nearest marked crosswalk is about 200 metres south at Finch Avenue West.

Police are seeking any witnesses to the crash.

Islington Avenue was closed in both directions for the police investigation.

Lapadula is the third pedestrian over the age of 60 to die in Toronto in the last three days. A 91-year-old man and an 84-year-old man both died in hospital earlier this week from injuries they sustained in separate collisions days earlier.

Including her, 37 pedestrians have been killed on Toronto roads this year.

They are:

A 60-year-old man, hit while operating a mobility scooter on Close Avenue, south of Queen Street West on Jan. 7. He died in hospital the next day.

A 69-year-old woman, hit while walking across O’Connor Drive, north of St. Clair Avenue East on Jan. 8. She died in hospital more than a week later on Jan. 16.

Hang Vo, 58, hit by a garbage truck in a laneway steps north of St. Andrew subway station on Jan. 15. A building manager who works in the area told the Star that Vo, who was homeless, regularly slept in the area.

A 40-year-old man, hit by a dump truck on Jan. 16 while crossing Lawrence Avenue West at a marked North York intersection, off the Allen Road exit.

A 75-year-old man, hit by the driver of an Infiniti while crossing the intersection of Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue West on Jan. 16. He died in hospital a week later.

A man in his 60s, killed in a hit-and-run collision near the intersection of Bathurst Street and Bloor Street West on Jan. 17. Police said reports indicated he was hit by a garbage truck.

A man hit by a transport truck while walking in the eastbound express lanes of Hwy. 401 at the Yonge Street exit on Feb. 2. The OPP have not released the man’s age, nor why he was on the highway.

An 89-year-old man, hit crossing Warden Avenue, south of Bamburgh Circle on Feb. 16. He died in hospital almost three weeks later, on March 7.

An 80-year-old man, hit while crossing Finch Avenue West near Pearldale Avenue on Feb. 25. He died in hospital the next day.

A 90-year-old man, hit in a restaurant drive-through near Steeles Avenue West and Bathurst Street on March 12.

A 62-year-old woman, hit by a TTC bus near Bloor and Sherbourne streets on March 29.

Marie Schihl-Gigliotti, 31, of Toronto, hit while attempting to cross Hwy. 401 on foot following a collision on April 5.

An 88-year-old woman, hit by a pickup truck on April 6 near Finch Avenue East and Tiffield Road. She died in hospital later that day.

A 67-year-old man, hit on Hwy. 401 after being hit by a transport truck that failed to remain at the scene on May 29.

A 39-year-old woman, killed after a driver lost control, mounted the curb and hit a fire hydrant before striking her on at Dundas Street East and Regent Park Boulevard on June 20. The male driver was charged with impaired driving.

A 56-year-old woman, hit by a heavy truck at the intersection of Victoria Street and Queen Street East on June 26.

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A 62-year-old woman, hit by a vehicle at near Jane Street and Finch Avenue West on July 10. She was later pronounced dead at hospital.

A 68-year-old woman, struck by a garbage truck in North York on Cliffwood Road, at Barkwood Crescent, on July 16. She was taken to hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

A 71-year-old man, struck by a car at Islington Avenue and Millwick Drive. He was taken to hospital with life threatening injuries on July 28. The man died two days later.

A 69-year-old woman, struck on Aug. 9 by a vehicle in North York. She was pronounced dead on scene at Doris and Finch avenues shortly before 10 a.m.

A man hit on Steeles Avenue East, east of Bayview Avenue at Laureleaf Road on Aug. 20.

A 76-year-old woman killed in two separate hit-and-run collisions minutes apart while crossing Midland Avenue at Sheppard Avenue East on Aug. 22.

Miguel Candia, 72, hit on Kingston Road, just east of Morningside Avenue, on Aug. 25.

Celeste Jones, 34, hit on Sheppard Avenue East near Pharmacy Ave. on Aug. 30.

A 75-year-old woman, hit on Dixon Road at Islington Avenue on Sept. 6. She died in hospital due to injuries the following day.

A 97-year-old man, hit by a motorist at Warden and McNicoll avenues on Sept. 6. He died more than two weeks later on Sept. 23.

Evangeline Lauroza, 54, hit by a driver in a cement truck while crossing Erskine Avenue on Yonge Street, north of Eglinton Avenue East on Sept. 10.

A 59-year-old man, hit while crossing Lawrence Avenue East, near Ainsdale Road, on Sept. 17.

A 17-year-old male, hit crossing Scarborough Golf Club Road at Confederation Drive, on Sept. 23.

A 65-year-old man, struck in the area of Danforth and Pharmacy Avenues on Sept. 24. Police said the section of Danforth Avenue where he crossed didn’t have any traffic lights.

A 58-year-old man, hit while crossing Kipling Avenue, south of Bethridge Road on Sept. 29.

A 74-year-old man, struck while crossing Eglinton Avenue West and Don Mills Road by a motorist in an SUV on Oct. 28.

An 83-year-old woman, struck while crossing St. Clair Avenue West at Castleton Avenue by a motorist driving a van on Oct. 28.

A 56-year-old man, hit while crossing Lawrence Avenue East near Howden Road on Oct. 30

An 84-year-old man, struck while crossing St. Clair Avenue West near Christie Street on Nov. 22. He died in hospital on Nov. 27.

A 91-year-old man, struck by an SUV while crossing Lawrence Avenue West at Rosewell Avenue on Nov. 23. He died in hospital on Nov. 26.

According to statistics compiled by the Star using police and media reports, five cyclists and 42 pedestrians were killed on Toronto streets in 2018.

That total was higher than any single year in a police database that goes back to 2007.

In June, Mayor John Tory announced “Vision Zero 2.0,” a revamp of a three-year-old plan that has so far failed to reduce the city’s rate of traffic deaths.

With files from Osobe Waberi