Montreal cyclist in critical condition after being trapped under dump truck – Montreal | The Canadian News

A 66-year-old man was rushed to hospital in critical condition after being hit by a dump truck while biking down Saint-Laurent Boulevard in Montreal’s Villeray neighborhood on Tuesday afternoon.

Montreal police spokesman Jean-Pierre Brabant said that after the collision, the cyclist remained immobilized under the truck.

It took the help of firefighters to get the man out from under the truck.

He was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries, Brabant said.

According to preliminary information collected by the police, both the truck and the cyclist were heading south on Saint-Laurent when the driver of the truck tried to turn right onto the Rue de Liège and struck the cyclist.

The truck driver, a man in his 60s, was treated at the scene for shock.

A perimeter has been established and Saint-Laurent is closed south of Crémazie Boulevard to allow collision experts to review the scene.

Brabant said the street closure resulted in a buildup of traffic driving at rush hour.

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