An ongoing collection of unsolved hit-and-run cases, with a focus on car/pedestrian incidents, from across the country since Jan. ‘010. If you know something about any of these incidents, or one that I’ve missed, do the right thing and call the police, even anonymously.
336. Iowa City, Iowa. April 27. Bicyclist hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by a “newer silver, four-door, Pontiac Grand Am … may have a rear spoiler … damage to the passenger side, including a broken passenger side window.”
337. Dallas, Texas. April 28. 48-year-old man who “was not crossing at a pedestrian crossing” died when struck by a red (possibly) Honda that fled with a smashed windshield.
338. Dallas Pike, WV. April 28. Man suffers non-life-threatening injuries when “two men in a green mini van drove past him, backed up, drove past him again, then opened the car door hitting the man” before leaving the scene.
Related stories:
Millbury, Mass.’ own Arthur T. Scanlon: The kind of guy whose car kills a 72-year-old retired postal worker, takes off, comes back lawyered up two days later and says something like “not guilty, your Honor.”
11-year-old twin sisters hit-and-ran in Malta. One’s in critical.
Jason Alexander hits a 14-year-old riding a bike, doesn’t run.
Not saying all hit-and-run artists are soulless. But this one seems like it.
A blackout in Brookings, SD?
And, two video stories …
More hit-and-run stories, including every volume of Hit-and-Run America (in reverse order), are accessible from this linked page. (The full Volume-by-Volume list will appear sporadically from now on.)