{"id":836779,"date":"2026-07-30T21:47:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T21:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/836779\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T21:47:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T21:47:31","slug":"pedestrian-struck-on-eastbound-highway-417-near-vanier-parkway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/836779\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian struck on eastbound Highway 417 near Vanier Parkway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ottawa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A pedestrian was taken to the hospital Thursday afternoon after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 417 near Vanier Parkway.<\/p>\n<p>2 collisions closed eastbound lanes of Queensway for about an hour Thursday<\/p>\n<p>CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Jul 30, 2026 4:40 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour 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=\"OPP car\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782828073_574_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>An eastbound stretch of Highway 417 near Vanier Parkway was closed for a short period Thursday afternoon after a vehicle struck a pedestrian on the highway, according to the OPP. (CBC)<\/p>\n<p>A pedestrian was taken to the hospital Thursday afternoon after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 417 near Vanier Parkway. <\/p>\n<p>The collision happened around 2:48 p.m. Another collision happened shortly after in the same area. <\/p>\n<p>That resulted in the closure of all eastbound lanes for more than an hour, leaving traffic at a standstill in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The person appeared to be in serious but stable condition, according to the OPP. <\/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 pedestrian was taken to the hospital Thursday afternoon after being struck by a vehicle on Highway&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-836779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836779","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=836779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}