Cyclist seriously injured after colliding with truck downtown

By News Staff

Posted August 30, 2017 5:27 pm.

Last Updated September 12, 2018 11:22 am.

This article is more than 5 years old.

A 41-year-old woman is in critical condition after she collided with a truck while riding her bike downtown on Wednesday.

It happened around 5 p.m. at Queen’s Park Crescent East and Wellesley Street West.

The woman was riding her bike west on Wellesley when she collided with a Mack truck turning right.

She was taken to hospital with life-threatening lower-body injuries.

The 55-year-old man driving the truck wasn’t hurt.

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