{"id":325124,"date":"2026-08-19T18:18:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T18:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/325124\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T18:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T18:18:21","slug":"biker-dies-after-crash-with-18-wheeler-in-new-york-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/325124\/","title":{"rendered":"Biker dies after crash with 18-wheeler in New York State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/iStock-1027397086-6-768x432.jpg\" alt=\"Biker dies after crash with 18-wheeler in New York State\" title=\"Biker dies after crash with 18-wheeler in New York State\"\/><br \/>\n                        One person is dead after his motorcycle collided with a big rig in New York. <\/p>\n<p>Ohio, New York \u2014 One person is dead after his motorcycle collided with a big rig in New York.<\/p>\n<p>New York State Police (NYSP) said on Tuesday at approximately 9:30 a.m., NYSP responded to State Route 8 in Ohio for a reported fatal motorcycle crash.<\/p>\n<p>A preliminary investigation revealed a 21-year-old male from Wolcott, New York, was operating a 2026 Yamaha motorcycle northbound on State Route 8 when he failed to negotiate a right-hand curve in the roadway.<\/p>\n<p>The motorcycle entered the southbound lane and struck a 2019 Freightliner tractor-trailer operated by James E. Day, 47, from Ontario, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Following the collision, the motorcycle exited the roadway and struck a tree. The operator of the motorcycle was pronounced deceased at the scene, according to a NYSP press release.<\/p>\n<p>A Drug Recognition Expert responded to the scene and determined the operator of the tractor-trailer was not impaired.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrucker.com\/author\/bruce-guthrie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bruce-Guthrie-scaled.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Bruce Guthrie\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bruce Guthrie is an award-winning journalist who has lived in three states including Arkansas, Missouri and Georgia. During his nearly 20-year career, Bruce has served as managing editor and sports editor for numerous publications. He and his wife, Dana, who is also a journalist, are based in Carrollton, Georgia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One person is dead after his motorcycle collided with a big rig in New York. Ohio, New York&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325125,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-325124","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\/325124","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=325124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}