{"id":313212,"date":"2026-08-04T07:26:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T07:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/313212\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T07:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T07:26:24","slug":"motorcyclist-dies-after-being-struck-by-a-deer-launched-at-him-by-a-car-in-oneonta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/313212\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist dies after being struck by a deer launched at him by a car in Oneonta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TOWN OF ONEONTA, N.Y. (WBNG) \u2014 A Oneonta man is dead after a crash in the town of Oneonta involving two vehicles and a deer, according to information from the New York State Police. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">On Friday, July 31, around 7:40 p.m., troopers were sent to a crash involving a motorcycle on County Highway 48 in the town of Oneonta. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Troopers learned that Nathaniel T. Walker, 25, died despite life-saving efforts after being hit by a deer that had been propelled into his motorcycle by another car. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">It was learned that a 74-year-old Otego Man was traveling west on County Highway 48 when a deer went into the roadway. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The driver was unable to avoid the deer and hit it, which then was sent into the eastbound lane, striking the KTM motorcycle and Walker, troopers said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Otsego County 911 dispatcher provided lifesaving instructions to the driver of the other vehicle in an attempt to save Walker until emergency services arrived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Troopers later declared Walker dead at the scene. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The investigation into the crash is ongoing; however, troopers indicate no foul play or impairment. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WBNG. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TOWN OF ONEONTA, N.Y. (WBNG) \u2014 A Oneonta man is dead after a crash in the town of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-313212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}