A delivery driver from Brampton has been arrested and charged in connection to a fatal crash that killed a toddler in Mississauga last month.
On Wednesday, August 12, just before 5:30 p.m., Peel Police say a delivery driver was operating a van in the parking lot of an apartment building on Confederation Parkway, near Paisley Boulevard.
Police say the 25 year-old man has been charged with dangerous driving causing death.
18-month-old Majeed Chitou and his mother were with other relatives, after just exiting a vehicle in a parking lot, when the van struck the child.
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Speaking to our media partner CTV News Toronto the day after the fatal crash, the boy's mother Rukayat Ajao alleged that the van was travelling at a high rate of speed and that the driver was "on the phone" at the time.
Police say the accused drove the boy and his mother to a local hospital.
The toddler was pronounced dead a short time later.
25 year-old Arshdeep Oathi, of Brampton was taken into custody on Monday.
He was released on an undertaking, with the condition to appear in court in November.