{"id":40866,"date":"2025-08-02T03:03:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T03:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/40866\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T03:03:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T03:03:16","slug":"teen-cyclist-killed-by-driver-near-quebec-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/40866\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen cyclist killed by driver near Quebec City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 16-year-old cyclist has died after she was hit by a driver northwest of Quebec City.<\/p>\n<p>The collision happened Tuesday afternoon in the municipality of Cap-Sant\u00e9, in the Portneuf region. According to provincial police, the teenager was training on Route 138. Then, she was hit by a vehicle driven by a 55-year-old man who was travelling in the same direction.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews were called to the scene around 2:45 p.m. The girl was transported to hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>The driver was also taken to hospital and treated for nervous shock.<\/p>\n<p>The S\u00fbret\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec says an investigation is underway to determine the cause of the collision. A reconstruction specialist was dispatched to examine the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Police have not released the name of the cyclist, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lapresse.ca\/actualites\/justice-et-faits-divers\/2025-07-29\/capitale-nationale\/une-cycliste-de-16-ans-perd-la-vie-apres-une-collision-avec-une-voiture.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">La Presse<\/a> reports she was part of a structured training group. The crash took place on a stretch of Route 138 that is commonly used by cyclists in the area.<\/p>\n<p>This has to stop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 16-year-old cyclist has died after she was hit by a driver northwest of Quebec City. The collision&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,906,82],"class_list":["post-40866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-quebec","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}