Boy seriously injured after being struck by tow truck in Etobicoke

A nine-year-old boy is in hospital after he was hit by a tow truck in Etobicoke Saturday afternoon.

Toronto police said the child was hit just before 4:45 p.m. near Scarlett Road and Eglinton Avenue West.

Const. David Hopkinson said the tow truck then fled the scene.

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Toronto paramedics said the boy was taken to a hospital in serious but non-life-threatening condition.

Hopkinson said he can’t confirm the circumstances of how the boy was struck, but that the police’s traffic services unit is investigating.