Police have issued a warrant for a man wanted in connection to a hit-and-run in Scarborough that left a twenty-month-old baby, his mother and grandmother with serious injuries.

In a press release on Tuesday, police said they are looking for the alleged driver of the motor vehicle who fled the scene after the collision.

Toronto police have issued a warrant for Derek DeSousa, 34, of Toronto. Police are also seeking assistance locating two more people of interest: Cory Munroe, 49, and Amanda Rioux, 30, both of Toronto.

Police said the toddler is expected to recover and the injuries to the two women are serious but not life-threatening.

Just before 11 a.m. on Sunday, Toronto police tweeted that two pedestrians and a boy in a stroller were struck at the intersection at Pharmacy Avenue and Ellesmere Road.

Toronto paramedics said a woman, 37, and another woman, 57, were taken to a trauma centre and are now in stable condition. The toddler was also taken to a trauma centre in serious but non-life threatening condition.

Police arrested Rioux on “an unrelated matter,” Sunday evening, Const. Caroline de Kloet said

Currently, Rioux is not facing charges related to the hit and run, de Kloet said.

Meanwhile, Mayor John Tory said the family members were “doing what they were supposed to do” — standing on the sidewalk, waiting their turn to cross the street — when they were struck.

He says no government initiative could have stopped somebody driving in what he called “erratic circumstances.”

Tory vowed earlier this year to lower speed limits and crack down on motorists who break traffic laws in an effort to reduce the number of pedestrian and cyclist deaths in the city.

The measures are part of an updated plan presented to city council over the summer, which also includes other traffic-calming efforts such as changes to road design and additional crossings.

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“It was a tragedy and I’m terribly sorry about it and I’m glad everybody seems to be recovering, but in this case it was not people who were crossing the street, they were standing on the curb,” Tory said Tuesday.

Anyone with information has been asked to contact the police at 416-808-1900 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477.

With files from Margaryta Ignatenko, Abhya Adlakha and The Canadian Press

Osobe Waberi is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star’s radio room in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @OsobeWaberi

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