{"id":201763,"date":"2026-03-22T22:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T22:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/201763\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T22:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T22:28:08","slug":"st-pete-man-in-critical-condition-after-motorcycle-crash-prompts-investigation-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/201763\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete man in critical condition after motorcycle crash prompts investigation: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to police, the motorcycle left the road and crashed into a tree.<\/p>\n<p>PINELLAS PARK, Fla. \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/article\/news\/local\/pinellascounty\/pinellas-park-officer-involved-shooting\/67-4b502985-92cb-4a63-84bb-a325ce078322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Pinellas Park<\/a> police are investigating after a motorcyclist crashed into a tree and is now in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, Pinellas Park officers said, in the area of Belcher Road, south of 75th Street North.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, when they arrived, they found a black Harley-Davidson motorcycle that had left the road and struck a tree in the median.<\/p>\n<p>Officers added that a preliminary investigation indicates he was traveling southbound on Belcher Road, left the roadway for an unknown reason, and crashed.<\/p>\n<p>The man riding the motorcycle, from St. Petersburg, was found in critical condition from his injuries and was taken to a local hospital, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Officers say the preliminary investigation indicates that speed and impairment are being considered contributing factors. No other vehicles were involved.<\/p>\n<p>The crash remains under investigation by the Traffic Homicide Unit of Pinellas Park police. Officers added that there are no indications of suspicious circumstances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to police, the motorcycle left the road and crashed into a tree. PINELLAS PARK, Fla. \u2014 Pinellas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-201763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}