{"id":816247,"date":"2026-07-21T11:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/816247\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T11:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:34:11","slug":"suspect-arrested-1-year-after-cyclist-died-in-okanagan-granfondo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/816247\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect arrested 1 year after cyclist died in Okanagan Granfondo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A man has been arrested and charged following an incident during the Okanagan Granfondo bike race almost exactly a year ago, which left one cyclist dead and two others seriously injured. <\/p>\n

Penticton RCMP said in a news release a man was arrested Monday in connection with the incident. <\/p>\n

It said the B.C. Prosecution Service has approved a charge of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death, as well as two charges of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm. <\/p>\n

The crash happened<\/a> on July 13, 2025 on White Lake Road near St. Andrew’s Drive, just south of Penticton. The Granfondo is a popular mass cycling race, drawing thousands of riders each year. <\/p>\n

“Our community was profoundly impacted by this event. Our thoughts remain with all family members and those affected by this tragic incident,” said Staff Sgt. Scott Hanry. <\/p>\n

Police say the investigation remains ongoing. <\/p>\n

The Granfondo was cancelled indefinitely after the 2025 event, citing increases in costs for traffic and safety management. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-816247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816247","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=816247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}