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. After a respite from keeping the list, it restarted in January 2019, highlighting one case a day. If there’s a case you’ve seen that deserves highlighting, drop me a line at hickey@brianphickey.com.
13554. The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a deadly hit-and-run. Officers say just before 4:20 p.m. Sunday, they responded to a call of a woman unresponsive at Lamb and Dwyer.
13555. A man in McCall died Saturday in what police are investigating as a hit-and-run. McCall police officers responded to a call of an unconscious man lying in a bike path near the intersection of Lenora Street and Wooley Avenue on Saturday night at 11:41 p.m. Officers found the man was unconscious and badly injured, according to a McCall Police Department (MPD) news release.
13556. A pedestrian has died after a hit-and-run crash Saturday in Wilmington, the Wilmington Police Department says.
13557. The hit-and-run driver who plowed into seven pedestrians in Midtown on Sunday — then zoomed off and crashed into two cars in Queens – told cops, “It’s in God’s hands” when nabbed, police sources said Monday.
13558. An investigation is underway after a man was killed in a vehicle versus pedestrian crash in Albuquerque’s International District.
13559. A 60-year-old man was struck Sunday night in Goldsboro, and police are looking for a driver who did not stop.
13560. A man was killed in an early morning hit and run in Prince George’s County Sunday, police say.
13561. A man was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash on the South Side Tuesday morning, Chicago police said.
13562. A pedestrian died after he was hit by a car that fled the scene Thursday night in Allentown.
13563. Omaha police are searching for the vehicle involved in a hit-and-run crash that critically injured a pedestrian early Sunday morning.
13564. A Detroit woman is in the hospital after being run over in a violent hit-and-run crash just moments after the suspect broke into her husbands truck.
13565. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a hit-and-run crash in downtown Las Vegas Tuesday night. Police responded to the report of a vehicle and pedestrian accident at Ogden Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard around 7:58 p.m.
13566. When they arrived, they found 49-year-old Connie Oliver in the road with serious injuries. Oliver was taken to a hospital, where she died from her injuries, police said.
13567. A woman was hurt after being hit by a pick-up truck while she was crossing the street with her dog, police say. The incident happened on Sunday, August 13, around 7:45 p.m. at the intersection of Fifth and Berks Streets in North Philadelphia, according to police.
13568. The 27-year-old daughter of a Delaware County police officer was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Southwest Philadelphia early Saturday morning, police said. Ashley McLean-Gaylor, of Glenolden, was crossing Lindbergh Boulevard westbound on foot about 2:30 a.m. when she was struck by a Honda Accord traveling southbound on 84th Street, Philadelphia police said. The driver, whose vehicle had New York plates, fled the scene. Late Saturday night, police said that the Accord had been found and towed by police and that the driver remained unknown. Police did not say where the vehicle was found. McLean-Gaylor was pronounced dead at the scene by medics, police said.
13569. A cyclist is in critical condition after Pittsburgh police say he was a victim of a hit and run.
13570. Police are looking for a driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision in Norwood Township. Officers from the North County Precinct of the St. Louis County Police responded to a crash involving a pedestrian and a car at around 8:30 p.m. Thursday.
13571. “I immediately thought my dog was going to die, and then I was like, ‘My dog is not going to die, but I might die,'” recalled 30-year-old Kelsey Rice.
13572. Houston police are seeking a person of interest for questioning in regards to a fatal hit-and-run crash. Police want to speak with 22-year-old Donte Smart about the crash. They said he is not charged, only a person of interest.
13573. The Denver Police Department (DPD) on Thursday asked for help solving two recent hit-and-run crashes, one of which was deadly.
13574. A 78-year-old man was killed late Wednesday night in a hit-and-run on the New Jersey Turnpike. Police say officers found the body of Queens resident Giuseppe Zuccarello on the northbound side of the turnpike. Authorities believe he was standing outside of his box truck when he was hit by another truck that then fled the scene.
13575. “To (Edmonds), I would like to say, ‘You are a coward for not stopping after you hit my sister’s car. The least you could have done was stopped to see if she was OK,'” Joyce said.
13576. A pedestrian was injured in a hit-and-run collision Saturday in the Adams North neighborhood, authorities said.
13577. Pamela Rubenstein, 57, of Webster, and another cyclist were riding bikes on the south shoulder of Klem Road, near Five Mile Line Road, around 6:40 p.m. Tuesday when an eastbound vehicle struck Rubenstein from behind, according to Webster Police Chief Dennis Kohlmeier.
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.)