Hamilton police are investigating how a man in medical distress ended up collapsed on a Glanbrook pathway Monday morning.

Investigators say someone found the man on a walkway at Alderlea Avenue and Stagecoach Drive just before 8 a.m.

Const. Jerome Stewart told CBC News that the man was in medical distress, but he could not say how severe his condition was. Stewart did not know the man's age, but said he is a "younger man."

The man was rushed to hospital for treatment.

"We still need to figure out how he got there and how the situation unfolded," Stewart said.