{"id":246726,"date":"2026-01-22T20:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/246726\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T20:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:50:08","slug":"cyclist-dies-in-early-morning-crash-on-state-highway-2-in-dannevirke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/246726\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclist dies in early-morning crash on State Highway 2 in Dannevirke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NZ Herald<\/p>\n<p>22 Jan, 2026 05:48 PMQuick Read<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.Subscribe now<\/p>\n<p>\u200c<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"flex cursor-pointer items-center gap-1.5 text-black\" data-test-ui=\"social-link--bookmark-above\" aria-label=\"bookmark\" id=\"social-link--bookmark-above\">Save<\/a>Share this articleCopy LinkEmailFacebookTwitter\/XLinkedInReddit<\/p>\n<p data-test-ui=\"figure__caption\">Police were alerted to the crash on SH2 at 5.15am this morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A cyclist has died following a crash on State Highway 2 in Dannevirke.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n         The crash, believed to have involved a person riding a bicycle, occurred near the intersection with Aerodrome Rd this morning and was reported to police at 5.15am.One person was found unresponsive at the scene by emergency services<br \/>\n         and could not be revived.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"AaByrilogD\" style=\"display:none\">Police are now investigating the circumstances that led to the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"AaByrilogD\" style=\"display:none\">As a result, the road remains blocked and motorists are advised to seek alternative routes if able to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NZ Herald 22 Jan, 2026 05:48 PMQuick Read Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3549,23676,37251,6179,7126,77435,5504,26755,78,111,43,139,69,90,13672],"class_list":["post-246726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-crash","tag-cyclist","tag-dannevirke","tag-died","tag-dies","tag-earlymorning","tag-following","tag-highway","tag-in","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-on","tag-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}