Man hospitalized with serious injuries after being hit by streetcar in midtown Toronto

Police say a man who was struck by a streetcar in the St. Clair Avenue East and Yonge Street area is expected to recover.

A man has serious injuries after being struck by a streetcar in midtown Toronto on Thursday afternoon.

Emergency crews were called to the area of St. Clair Avenue East and Yonge Street shortly before 2 p.m. for a collision.

The man was transported to a trauma centre with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, Toronto paramedics said.

The circumstances leading up to the collision are not immediately known.