Peel Regional Police now say they believe a man found alone and critically injured behind Trinity Common Mall in Brampton was hit by a vehicle.

The 21-year-old Bramptonian was left fighting for his life in a Toronto trauma centre after he was found early Saturday morning (Oct. 6) and police and paramedics were called.

Emergency workers were called to the scene, behind the stores on the east side of the mall adjacent to Great Lakes Boulevard near Bovaird Drive, around 3:50 a.m. on a report of an injured man.

Investigators weren’t saying much about the incident because they were unsure how the man had been hurt, police said.