A 38-year-old man died after flying off his motorcycle and slamming his head on a pole in Brooklyn on Wednesday morning, according to police.

Rider Benjamin Council was driving eastbound on his 2004 Suzuki at Highland Boulevard and Vermont Place in East New York just before midnight Tuesday when he lost control of the bike, crashed off the side of the road and hit his head on a streetlight pole, police said.

Council was found unconscious and was transported to Brookdale Hospital, where he died, cops said.

The NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad is examining the incident.