{"id":562081,"date":"2026-03-26T13:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/562081\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:02:09","slug":"cyclist-critically-injured-in-crash-on-haig-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/562081\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclist critically injured in crash on Haig Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ottawa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A cyclist was struck by a vehicle and critically injured on Haig Drive in central Ottawa Thursday morning, according to police and paramedics.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews called to Pleasant Park area around 6:15 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Mar 26, 2026 7:34 AM EDT | Last Updated: 38 minutes ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Police block a street to investigate a crash on a snowy early spring morning.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774530129_485_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Ottawa police investigate a crash that critically injured a cyclist near the intersection of Haig Drive and Pleasant Park Road on Thursday. (Jodie Applewaithe\/CBC)<\/p>\n<p>A cyclist was struck by a vehicle and critically injured on Haig Drive in central Ottawa Thursday morning, according to police and paramedics.<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa paramedics said they were called to the area of Haig and Pleasant Park Drive around 6:15 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Police said roads were closed around that intersection and ask people to avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p>There are no other details immediately available.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ottawa A cyclist was struck by a vehicle and critically injured on Haig Drive in central Ottawa Thursday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":{"0":"post-562081","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ottawa","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-ottawa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562081","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=562081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}