A 17-year-old boy is in hospital with critical injuries after a hit-and-run in Peel Region.
In a tweet, Peel Regional Police said they responded to an incident in the area of Lakeshore Road and Hampton Crescent in Mississauga.
The incident involved a vehicle and a pedestrian, police said. The driver of the vehicle did not remain on scene.
The teenager was taken to a trauma centre with critical injuries, according to police.
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Paramedics told Global News the patient was a male and suffered “very serious injuries.”
A section of Lakeshore Road was shutdown eastbound after the incident.