Toronto police have identified a 40-year-old man charged with impaired driving after he allegedly struck and killed a pedestrian in Regent Park on Thursday.

Officers responded to reports of a collision at around 1:15 p.m. at Dundas St. E. and Regent Park Blvd., near River St., where they found a 39-year-old woman unconscious with severe injuries and a vehicle without a driver, police said in a news release Friday.

The woman died from her injuries shortly after.

The man allegedly fled the scene on foot and was arrested a short distance away, police said.

He was driving east on Dundas when he lost control of his vehicle as he turned the corner, mounting the southeast curb and striking a fire hydrant before allegedly hitting the pedestrian, police said.

Joshua Smoke, of Toronto, is facing charges of impaired driving causing death, dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death and leaving the scene of an accident causing death.

Police haven’t identified the pedestrian.

However, a GoFundMe page has been set up to assist the family of the victim, a mother of three children under the age of 10 with her husband, now a single father, according to the page.

School principal Jason Kandankery confirmed to the Star that the victim’s children go to nearby Nelson Mandela Park Public School.

“I talked to the family shortly after they’d learned what happened and we immediately had support staff brought in for the school community who have been affected by this,” Kandankery said. “They’ve been making rounds to classrooms to talk to everyone through any feelings they’re having.”

Investigators are asking local residents, businesses and drivers who may have security or dash-cam footage to contact them at 416-808-1900 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).

She’s the 15th pedestrian killed on Toronto roads this year, according to stats compiled by the Star.

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