{"id":792018,"date":"2026-07-10T04:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T04:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/792018\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T04:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T04:06:14","slug":"cyclist-in-critical-condition-after-macleod-trail-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/792018\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclist in critical condition after Macleod Trail crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A cyclist is in critical condition after a crash in south Calgary on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews were called to Macleod Trail and 71 Avenue S around 1:40 p.m. for reports of a collision between a cyclist and a minivan.<\/p>\n<p>Officers arrived to find the cyclist with life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the minivan remained at the scene and was not hurt.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE:  Emergency services are helping a cyclist involved in an incident on Macleod Tr and 71 Ave S. Road is closed SB. Please go slow and watch for fellow Calgarians Please use alternate route. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/yyctraffic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#yyctraffic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/yycroads?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#yycroads<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q7Tpc0YnnT\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Q7Tpc0YnnT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 YYC Transportation (@yyctransport) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yyctransport\/status\/2075323196606460299?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Southbound Macleod Trail is closed between 69 Avenue and 73 Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Image-2026-07-09T155803.364-e1783634340683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" ratio=\"16x9\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tPolice tape on along Macleod Trail in south Calgary on July 9, 2026 after a cyclist was struck by a minivan. (CityNews\/Henna Saeed) <\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Calgary as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=calgary.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782746833_947_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A cyclist is in critical condition after a crash in south Calgary on Thursday afternoon. Emergency crews were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":792019,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-792018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792018","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=792018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/792019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}