A Toronto man pleaded guilty Thursday morning to the 2012 hit-and-run death of cyclist and school teacher Tom Samson.

After Samson was killed in a hit-and-run in November 2012 near Davenport Rd. and Lansdowne Ave., police charged a minivan driver with failing to remain at the scene of an accident causing death.

Thursday morning Miguel Oliveira pleaded guilty to that charge in a brief court appearance as Samson’s family tearfully looked on.

The agreed statement of facts will be read in court during a sentencing hearing scheduled for August.

Samson’s family has previously criticized the investigation into his death, hiring criminal lawyer Edward Sapiano to look into the case.

While police initially told Samson’s wife he rode a bicycle through a red light and was heading northbound, it was found later that Samson was stationary, or near-stationary and waiting to turn left when he was hit from behind, the Star reported in 2013. Sapiano wrote a letter to police and Crown urging them to re-open the case.

Samson, a 35-year-old father of two and a Grade 2 teacher at Swansea Public School, was killed on his way to meet friends for breakfast before work.