Police have arrested a driver who allegedly removed his licence plate and hid it in the trunk of the vehicle before he fled a fatal hit and run in Mississauga.

A 46-year-old Mississauga man was arrested Tuesday after an "intensive" investigation, Peel Regional Police said in a news release Wednesday.

Police said Santosh Kumar Patra, 56, of Mississauga was killed in the collision on Friday around 9 p.m.

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According to police, a Mini Cooper struck and killed Patra at the intersection of Eglinton Avenue W. and Fallingbrook Drive. Police said the driver fled the scene without stopping to help the victim.

Investigators canvassed the area after the collision and found CCTV video that shows a man removing the rear licence plate of his

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