A motorcyclist has been taken to hospital with critical injuries after he crashed into a van on Hwy. 427 on Monday.

He was reportedly cutting through traffic, driving in between cars headed north, when he collided into the back of a van on the highway, south of Derry Rd., said OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt.

He sustained serious, “possibly life-threatening” injuries, said Schmidt, and was rushed to hospital by Toronto paramedics around 5 p.m.

The driver of the van remained on scene and did not suffer serious injuries, Schmidt added.

“That kind of activity, I’ve seen it myself, is very dangerous,” Schmidt said. “Motorcyclists believe they can get away with driving through traffic like that, and they might be able to sometimes, but they run the risk of something like this happening.”