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Driver arrested for death of Indian student in Midtown Toronto

Toronto: Toronto police have arrested a 60-year-old driver in connection with the death of an Indian student from Karnal on November 23.

A 20-year-old Kartik Saini was killed when a pick-up truck hit his bicycle at the intersection of Yonge Street and St. Clare Avenue in midtown Toronto.

The driver was charged on Thursday with rash and negligent driving and violating traffic signs. He will be produced before the court on February 16, 2023.

Saini was a student of Sheridan College. According to Toronto police, the driver of the pick-up hit Saini and dragged him away.

Paramedics tried to save the Indian student, but he succumbed to his injuries. Saini hailed from Karnal in Haryana from India and had come to Canada on a study visa in August 2021.