{"id":940860,"date":"2026-10-21T04:14:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T04:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/940860\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T04:14:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T04:14:30","slug":"pedestrian-cyclist-seriously-injured-in-2-separate-vehicle-collisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/940860\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian, cyclist seriously injured in 2 separate vehicle collisions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ottawa paramedics say a pedestrian and a cyclist were seriously injured in separate vehicle collisions Tuesday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Paramedics spokesperson Marc-Antoine Deschamps said the incidents both occurred “within minutes of one another” just after 2:00 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Paramedics were called to Earl Armstrong Road and Canyon Walk Drive in Riverside South where a man in his late teens was struck by a vehicle and taken to hospital.<\/p>\n

He is in serious condition and his injuries are non life-threatening, according to paramedics.<\/p>\n

A male cyclist was also transported to the hospital after being struck by a pickup truck at Fairbanks Avenue and Crestview Road in Alta Vista.<\/p>\n

Paramedics say he was transported to the hospital in critical condition.<\/p>\n

According to a social media post<\/a> by Ottawa Police Services, road closures are in effect at Earl Armstrong Road and Canyon Walk Drive, as well as Fairbanks Avenue and Crestview Road.<\/p>\n

These incidents follow a separate collision early this morning, where a woman was struck and critically injured by a vehicle<\/a> on Riverside Drive near Billings Bridge.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ottawa police have asked all road users to prioritize safety, citing a higher-than-usual number of fatalities this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":940861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-940860","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\/940860","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=940860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/940861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=940860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=940860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=940860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}