{"id":3392,"date":"2019-08-02T14:01:46","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T14:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=3392"},"modified":"2019-08-02T14:01:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T14:01:46","slug":"serious-two-vehicle-crash-hexham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/08\/02\/serious-two-vehicle-crash-hexham\/","title":{"rendered":"Serious two-vehicle crash &#8211; Hexham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police are on the scene of a serious two-vehicle crash at Hexham.<br \/>\nShortly after 10am, emergency services were called to the scene at Maitland Road, Hexham following reports a truck and a motorcycle had collided.<br \/>\nThe male motorcycle rider, believed to be aged in his 20s, is being taken to John Hunter Hospital. It\u2019s understood he\u2019s in a serious but stable condition.<br \/>\nThe male driver of the truck has been taken to hospital for mandatory testing.<br \/>\nTwo of three southbound lanes on Maitland Road are closed and they will remain closed for some time.<br \/>\nThe Hexham Bridge will also be affected, diversions are in place for southbound motorists via Tomago Road. Northbound motorists are unaffected. Drivers are urged to avoid the area.<br \/>\nFor the latest traffic updates, visit <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livetraffic.com\/\">www.livetraffic.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police are on the scene of a serious two-vehicle crash at Hexham. Shortly after 10am, emergency services were called to the scene at Maitland Road, Hexham following reports a truck and a motorcycle had collided. The male motorcycle rider, believed to be aged in his 20s, is being taken to John Hunter Hospital. It\u2019s understood &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/08\/02\/serious-two-vehicle-crash-hexham\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Serious two-vehicle crash &#8211; Hexham&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}