{"id":316953,"date":"2026-03-07T02:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T02:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/316953\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T02:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T02:25:10","slug":"motorcyclist-dead-after-crash-on-foxton-shannon-rd-near-levin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/316953\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist dead after crash on Foxton Shannon Rd near Levin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/a307a44a-0978-4746-85bf-b12fc042eeba.png\" alt=\"Ben Leahy\" class=\"rounded-full object-cover h-[3.4375rem] w-[3.4375rem] min-w-[3.4375rem]\" data-test-ui=\"author--details__image\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/author\/ben-leahy\/\" class=\"text-sys-text-dark underline underline-offset-3\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" data-test-ui=\"author--link\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Leahy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reporter\u00b7NZ Herald\u00b7<\/p>\n<p>7 Mar, 2026 12:57 AMQuick 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\">Motorists were asked to avoid Foxton Shannon Rd after a fatal crash on Saturday morning. Image \/ Google Maps<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A motorcyclist has been killed in a serious crash near Levin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The accident on Foxton Shannon Rd happened about 9.40am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Police said emergency teams rushed to the area between Himatangi Block and Poplar Roads, initially reporting serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n         They have since confirmed the crash involved a single motorcycle, with the<br \/>\n         rider dying at the scene.\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Leahy Reporter\u00b7NZ Herald\u00b7 7 Mar, 2026 12:57 AMQuick Read Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[74,1558,3549,690,60238,42,3375,123192,33260,3180,43,90,2642,1238,162419,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-316953","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-after","9":"tag-been","10":"tag-crash","11":"tag-dead","12":"tag-foxton","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-killed","15":"tag-levin","16":"tag-motorcyclist","17":"tag-near","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-on","20":"tag-rd","21":"tag-serious","22":"tag-shannon","23":"tag-top-news","24":"tag-top-stories","25":"tag-topnews","26":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316953","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=316953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}