A teenage girl has died roughly 12 hours after she was struck by a vehicle in Brampton and rushed to trauma centre with life-threatening injuries.

Peel Regional Police responded to a collision call just before 12:30 a.m. on Sunday (Jan. 5) after a teenage girl was struck by a vehicle near Queen Street and Gore Road. Officers and paramedics arrived to find the girl with serious injuries and rushed her to the trauma centre.

The driver and the vehicle did not remain on scene, police said.

Major Collision Bureau is investigating the crash, while police are seeking public assistance with any dashcam footage or video surveillance of the incident.