A 26-year-old man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after he was struck by a vehicle while riding his skateboard near Kensington Avenue and Dundas Street West on Wednesday night.

Police say the skateboarder was headed southbound on Kensington Avenue when he failed to stop at a stop sign and collided with an SUV.

The man was taken to hospital where he is being treated for a life-threatening head injury.

The intersection was closed for a police investigation for several hours on Wednesday night.