A hit-and-run in Brampton Saturday evening has sent three teenagers to hospital, one with life-threatening injuries.
Police said the incident happened near Elgin Drive and McLaughlin Road just after 6 p.m.
Peel police Const. Akhil Mooken said when officers arrived, they located three people with varying injuries.
Two male victims, aged 17 and 18, have been transported to hospital in serious but non-life-threatening condition, while the third male victim, another 17-year-old boy has been transported to a trauma centre in life-threatening condition, police said.
Preliminary information suggests that the driver of the vehicle was travelling west on Elgin Road when it mounted the curb, hitting the victims who were walking on the sidewalk, Mooken said.
The vehicle involved is described by police as a white Jeep Cherokee with a broken tail light last seen travelling northbound on McLaughlin Road.
Anyone with information related to this incident is being asked to call Peel Regional Police.
