Police identify suspect van after caregiver, 60, left to die on side of road in Vaughan - Global News

Published: October 16, 2026 at 8:44a.m. EDTYork Regional Police have identified a suspect vehicle believed to have fatally struck a 60-year-old woman who was left undiscovered for two days along an “isolated” roadway in Vaughan. In a news release, police say the woman was walking northbound on Pine Valley Drive from Major Mackenzie Drive at approximately 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 4 when she was struck and killed by a northbound vehicle that fled the scene. How to set CP24 as your preferred source on GoogleHow to set CTV News as your preferred source on GoogleIn previous updates, police identified the victim as a live-in caregiver who had just stepped off a bus and was walking to work when she was struck. Investigators say they have now obtained surveillance footage of what they believe to be the suspect vehicle. It’s described as a white Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van, model year 2020 to 2022. The footage comes just one week after police released video of the woman’s final moments where they identified three possible suspect vehicles.

York Regional Police (YRP) have identified a white 2020 to 2022 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van as the suspect vehicle involved in a fatal hit-and-run in Vaughan earlier this month. The appeal comes nearly two weeks after the fatal collision on Oct. 4.

On Monday, Albertans vote on whether to stay in Canada or hold another binding referendum on quitting Canada. If the vote goes as polls suggest, a majority of Albertans will mark an X to stay in Confederation, and Premier Danielle Smith has said if that’s so, she expects everyone to accept it and move on. Leaders of the independence movement contest that. And political watchers are divided about whether separation — previously a fringe sentiment — will now be a prominent, permanent feature of Alberta’s political landscape, as in Quebec. Julian Castro-Rea, a political-science professor at the University of Alberta who studies the separation debates in Quebec and Alberta, believes as long as Alberta feels alienated from the Canadian capital — feeling that Ottawa benefits from Alberta’s resource economy without giving back — the movement will have fuel. “Even if the referendum is lost, the westernization will still be around, because it’s kind of a way which, traditionally, Albertans have related to the rest of Canada,” says Castro-Rea, who believes western alienation may remain indefinitely. Story continues below advertisement