Cyclist injured when struck by a truck

A cyclist was hospitalized Friday with serious injuries after she was struck by a truck near Kendall Square in Cambridge, police said. The woman, who is in her mid-20s, was pedaling up Main Street at about 4:15 p.m. when a truck turned right onto Windsor Street and hit her, said Dan Riviello, a Cambridge Police Department spokesman. She was taken to a nearby hospital by ambulance with critical injuries, but police had no further details on her condition yesterday. Police said she had been wearing a helmet.