A pedestrian is dead after being hit by a pole that was knocked down by a vehicle in North York on Friday night. Toronto police say they were initially called to Gerry Fitzgerald Drive and Steeles Avenue West, west of Dufferin Street, around 6:43 p.m. for a two-vehicle collision. It resulted in one vehicle crashing into a pole, which then fell and hit a pedestrian, police say. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say one of the drivers involved in the collision fled the scene. No description has been released.
