{"id":482473,"date":"2025-12-31T13:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T13:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/482473\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T13:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T13:37:10","slug":"motorcyclist-killed-in-serious-new-years-eve-crash-near-campbell-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/482473\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist killed in serious New Year\u2019s Eve crash near Campbell Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Updated 7:30pm, Wednesday:\u00a0<\/strong>A 72-year-old man has died after his motorcycle left the road and crashed into a fence near Campbell Town on New Year\u2019s Eve.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened about 3:15pm on Wednesday on Macquarie Road.<\/p>\n<p>Tasmania Police said the Kings Meadows man was riding a red Honda motorbike when it veered off the roadway.<\/p>\n<p>He suffered critical injuries and died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the crash is not yet known and will be investigated, police said. A report will also be prepared for the coroner.<\/p>\n<p>Police thanked community members who stopped to provide first aid at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information or dashcam footage is asked to contact police on 131 444, quoting reference OR793801.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Earlier:<\/strong> A motorcyclist is in a serious condition following a crash in Campbell Town on New Year\u2019s Eve.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services responded to the single-vehicle crash on Macquarie Road on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Police have closed a 7km stretch of the rural road to the north-west of the town while they work at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The closure affects Macquarie Road between West Street and Valleyfield Road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated 7:30pm, Wednesday:\u00a0A 72-year-old man has died after his motorcycle left the road and crashed into a fence&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":482474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-482473","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115814455301385695","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}