{"id":275830,"date":"2026-08-31T15:26:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/275830\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T15:26:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:26:33","slug":"fort-erie-man-dead-child-critically-injured-in-port-colborne-two-vehicle-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/275830\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Erie man dead, child critically injured in Port Colborne two-vehicle crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>A 49-year-old Fort Erie man is dead and a child is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a motorcycle crashed into an SUV in Port Colborne on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The collision happened around 5 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of Highway 3 near Wilhelm Road, according to a Sunday Ontario Provincial Police release.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the motorcycle collided with the rear of an SUV, ejecting both the motorcycle&#8217;s driver and passenger.<\/p>\n<p>The driver, a 49-year-old man from Fort Erie, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>The passenger, identified by police as a child, was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p>A section of Highway 3 was closed for several hours while officers investigated. The road has since reopened.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Burlington OPP thanks bystanders who stopped to provide assistance at the time of the collision,&#8221; the release states.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation remains ongoing. Anyone who witnessed the collision or has video footage is asked to contact the OPP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-275830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}