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Toronto Police Identified The Driver Of The Audi R8 In The Recent Fatal Gardiner Car Crash

He's now a person of interest.

Toronto Police have just identified the driver of the Audi R8 involved in a two-vehicle car crash that left a 58-year-old woman dead and another man injured on the Gardiner.

On Sunday, October 3, at 1:32 a.m., police report in their latest release of the event that a grey Nissan was heading eastbound on the Gardiner Expressway in the centre lane near Islington Avenue.

A white Audi R8 was moving southbound on Highway 427 at such a high speed that when it continued on eastbound, it struck the back of the Nissan causing the vehicle to lose control, hit the north guard rail, and flip onto its roof.

A 58-year-old woman and 61-year-old man were in the car at the time. The woman -- who CP24 identified as Norma Buendia -- was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and died at the hospital. The 61-year-old driver sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

The Audi R8 stopped on the right shoulder of the major highway, and the driver fled the scene on foot.

Investigators have identified 30-year-old Kalyan Trivedi as a person of interest, and he's been asked to contact the police.