A TTC streetcar driver is charged after a streetcar struck an 80-year-old Toronto man who later died.

The pedestrian had been trying to cross St. Clair Ave. on the east side of Arlington Ave. when he was struck by a streetcar moving east at 8:40 p.m. on March 20, police said. The pedestrian was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and died eight days later.

The 27-year-old man who police say was operating the streetcar has been charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian and careless driving.

He is set appear in court at Old City Hall on June 4.