Renowned Canadian conductor Boris Brott killed in hit and run in Hamilton
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Boris Brott, the artistic director of the Orchestre classique de Montréal, died Tuesday after a hit and run in Hamilton that led to the driver's arrest a short time later and three officers being injured.
Brott, a renowned conductor and motivational speaker with deep ties to Hamilton, was 78.
"It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the sudden and tragic passing of the one and only musical genius and Canadian artistic visionary Boris Brott," the Brott Music Festival said in an afternoon statement on its Instagram account.
The conductor founded the festival and his wife, Ardyth, serves as its executive director.
"He will be sorely missed by all who appreciated his unsurpassed talent and by those who loved him.... As family and staff process this unthinkable news, we ask for privacy at this time," the festival statement said.
Hamilton police reported a hit-and-run incident earlier Tuesday in the city's Durand neighbourhood, later saying a 78-year-old man had died. They did not confirm the identity as Brott, but told CBC there were no other fatal pedestrian collisions in the city Tuesday.
Police said someone called 911 at 10 a.m. ET about a vehicle driving on the wrong side of the road on Hamilton Mountain.
"Dispatchers issued an all-car broadcast requesting patrol officers to look out for the vehicle," a police media release said.
At roughly 10:20 a.m., a man was hit on Park Street South at Markland Street.
Police said he was taken to hospital, but later died.
A police chase following the incident has spurred an investigation by Ontario's police watchdog, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), after three officers and the driver were hurt.
Police said the driver left the scene, but was arrested at Elmwood Avenue near Garth Street.
The three officers and the accused were taken to hospital, according to police.
Hamilton police's reconstruction unit is investigating the collision and police were using a drone at the scene.
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