A motorcycle rider has been rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a collision in midtown Toronto Thursday morning.

The single-vehicle collision happened at around 11 a.m. near Mount Pleasant Road and Stubbard Avenue, which is northeast of Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue.

Police say a 28-year-old man riding a motorcyle northbound on Mount Pleasant Road lost control and crashed into a pole.

Mount Pleasant Road was closed for investigation from Blythwood Road to Sherwood Avenue but has since reopened.