{"id":373892,"date":"2026-06-25T02:33:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T02:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/373892\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T02:33:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T02:33:50","slug":"motorcyclist-dies-in-the-hospital-after-crash-on-highway-41-in-madera-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/373892\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist dies in the hospital after crash on Highway 41 in Madera County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (FOX26)  \u2014 An 86-year-old North Fork man driving along Highway 41 has died after getting into a crash with another vehicle last week. <\/p>\n<p>The crash happened on Friday, June 19, around 8:01 p.m. on northbound Highway 41, north of Highway 145.<\/p>\n<p>CHP found that a 19-year-old Fresno man was driving a 2011 Mercedes E350 northbound on Highway 41. <\/p>\n<p>Behind him, an 86-year-old North Fork man was riding a 2014 Harley-Davidson motorcycle in the same direction.<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/crash-sends-car-into-highway-gore-point\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Crash sends car into highway gore point<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Investigators say the driver of the Mercedes pulled onto the right shoulder with the intention of making a U-turn and heading southbound. <\/p>\n<p>As he attempted the turn, he entered the path of the approaching motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p>The Harley-Davidson collided with the left side of the Mercedes, throwing out the rider from the motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p>The motorcyclist was airlifted to Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno with major injuries. <\/p>\n<p>He later died at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old driver was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, while the motorcyclist was wearing a helmet.<\/p>\n<p>CHP do not believe alcohol or drugs were factors in the collision.<\/p>\n<p>The crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 An 86-year-old North Fork man driving along Highway 41 has died after getting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-373892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}