Crestview, Fla. hit-and-run scene
353. Readington, NJ. May 1. 45-year-old man and 12-year-old boy riding bicycles struck and injured by a vehicle of which the driver “removed (the man) from the hood and placed him on the ground … moved the juvenile out of the road, onto the shoulder … then left the scene before police arrived.” Driver, a 42-year-old man with some sort of medical condition being proffered as an excuse, was later caught.
354. Sarasota, Fla. May 3. Male pedestrian critically injured after being struck by a “dark-colored SUV (that) ran a red light” and then fled the scene afterwards. Witnesses gave failed chase.
355. Crestview, Fla. May 3. Male bicyclist suffers non-life-threatening injuries when struck by an undescribed vehicle which fled the scene (pictured, from the Crestview News Bulletin).
356. Aurora, Ill. May 1. 8-year-old girl hospitalized after being struck by an undescribed vehicle which fled the scene.
357. Flint, Mich. May 3. Man riding bike critically injured after being struck by a “Chrysler product, light in color” which, driving erratically, fled the scene.
358. Salinas, Cal. May 3. 46-year-old woman suffers moderate injuries after being struck by a truck which fled the scene.
Related stories:
A 3-year-old, Daniel Miranda, is killed in a fatal hit-and-run in Belize.
A 46-year-old man struck in an April 24 hit-and-run in Wisconsin died Monday; alleged driver, a 34-year-old woman, already in custody.
An 18-year-old woman turns herself in in connection with last week’s hit-and-run of a bicyclist in Iowa City.
Man convicted of a fatal 2008 hit-and-run in Hartford, Ct. gets a decade behind bars.
A female bodybuilder in New Zealand was left in a wheelchair after a hit-and-run.
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