Charges have been laid in connection with a suspected drunk driving crash in Regent Park that left a 39-year-old mother of three dead.

Friends of the victim told CTV News Toronto that the woman was originally from Bangladesh and lived in the area where she was fatally struck on Thursday afternoon.

According to investigators, the woman was waiting to cross the street at Regent Park Boulevard and Dundas Street East at around 1 p.m. when a vehicle struck her, a fire hydrant and a pole.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Following the incident, loved ones placed flowers and handwritten cards expressing their condolences at the intersection.

According to friends and family, the victim, identified as Ratna, had three kids—two boys and a girl.

“They don’t know what happened,” Mohammed Shahnawaz, the victim’s nephew, told CTV News Toronto “They are so small, they don’t understand what to do. Everybody’s in such a shock.”

Moreom Khatum, a friend of the victim, said that her oldest daughter saw the aftermath of the crash on Thursday.

“It is very painful for her and she can’t sleep,” said Khatum near the makeshift memorial. “The whole night she said ‘mama, I can’t remove her picture from my face.’”

Witnesses reported that the vehicle involved in the collision was travelling in the wrong direction at the time, but that detail has not yet been confirmed by police.

The driver of the vehicle initially attempted to flee the scene on foot but was arrested by officers nearby, investigators said.

The accused was taken into police custody under the suspicion of impaired driving.

On Friday, 40-year-old Joshua Smoke was charged in connection with the investigation. He is now facing five charges, including impaired driving causing death and dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death.

“Clearly this person didn’t think much about getting behind the wheel in the condition he was in, as well as not having a driver’s licence and no insurance on the motor vehicle," Sgt. Alex Crews said.

Smoke is scheduled to appear in court next on Tuesday.