Toronto police still searching for suspect in hit-and-run that killed teenager [Video]

Five years after a 16-year-old boy was intentionally struck by a vehicle in East York and left for dead, police say they are still searching for the driver and pleading for the passenger to speak to investigators.

On Oct. 7, 2019, Matthew Dreaver and his 14-year-old friend were in the area of Woodbine Avenue and O’Connor Drive at around 2 a.m. when they had an “interaction” with two men in the rear of a Shoppers Drug Mart.

While the nature of that interaction remains unclear to this day, Det. Sgt. Brandon Price, of the Homicide and Missing Persons Unit, said the two men then got into their SUV and began “chasing” the boys, who fled on foot.

After searching the area for the boys in the vehicle, described as a 2007 to 2012 black or blue Hyundai Santa Fe SUV, Price said the two men found the boys at nearby …