Police have closed Alderney Drive/Windmill Road between Wyse Road and Queen Street

A 64-year-old woman has been rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries after being hit by a truck in Dartmouth Tuesday morning, say police.

Halifax Regional Police say a 59-year-old man driving a Halifax Water Commission truck struck the cyclist near Windmill Road and Geary Street at around 10:40 a.m.

Police say the cyclist had been travelling southbound on the west sidewalk.

Alderney Drive/Windmill Road is currently closed to traffic between Wyse Road and Queen Street.

