{"id":855554,"date":"2026-08-12T16:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T16:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/855554\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T16:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T16:50:11","slug":"one-dead-three-hurt-after-motorcycle-crash-near-new-hamburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/855554\/","title":{"rendered":"One dead, three hurt after motorcycle crash near New Hamburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"publish-date\">Posted Aug 12, 2026 06:19:18 AM.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-modified-date\">Last Updated Aug 12, 2026 06:19:23 AM.<\/p>\n<p>A Kitchener man has died after a three-vehicle crash between New Hamburg and Shakespeare.<\/p>\n<p>Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said the collision happened Tuesday afternoon around 2:30 p.m. at Highway 8 and Road 104.<\/p>\n<p>Three vehicles were involved in the crash, including one motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p>The man on the bike, a 61-year-old, was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Three people in the other two passenger vehicles were sent to hospital. Police described their injuries as non-life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p>Road closures were in effect in the area for around seven hours as emergency crews responded.<\/p>\n<p>No cause of the collision has been released, and no charges have been announced at this time.<\/p>\n<p>OPP are looking to speak with anyone who witnessed the crash or who may have video footage of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Kitchener 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=kitchener.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\/05\/1778322800_456_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Posted Aug 12, 2026 06:19:18 AM. Last Updated Aug 12, 2026 06:19:23 AM. A Kitchener man has died&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":855555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-855554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855554","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=855554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/855555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}