A 12-year-old girl has been transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries after being struck by a bus while on her bike in Mississauga Thursday night.

It happened at Meadowvale Town Centre Circle and Aquitaine Avenue at around 8:30 p.m.

The circumstances surrounding the incident were not immediately clear.

Aquitaine Avenue is currently closed between Winston Churchill Boulevard and Meadowvale Town Centre Circle as police investigate.