Cyclist in life-threatening condition after collision with dump truck

A woman is in critical conditionafter she was struck by a dump truck while cycling at the corner of Rochester Street and Gladstone Avenue.

It happened just before 7:45 a.m. Friday, according to Ottawa paramedics.

The woman was rushed to hospital in life-threatening condition, they said.

No one else was treated at the scene.

The dump truck involved belongs to T.G. Carroll Cartage Ltd., an Ottawa-based company that works in excavation, among other things.

Reached by phone Friday, owner Thomas Carroll said he didn't have details about the collision and didn't have any other comment to make.

The intersection was closed until early Friday afternoon.

The Ottawa police collisions unit investigating. Anyone who witnessed the collision is asked to get in touch withpolice.