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.
13587. Officers with the Chesterfield police were called to the I-94 overpass near Cotton Road after someone reported seeing someone lying in a grassy area. Police said they found a 42-year-old man from Chesterfield Township dead at the scene. They believe he was struck between 11 p.m. Monday and 6 a.m. Tuesday.
13588. A man was killed in a hit-and-run crash Monday night in Belleville, Illinois.
13589. Baltimore County police are seeking the public’s help in their search for the driver who struck and killed a woman riding a bicycle in Rossville.
13590. EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The East Providence Police Department announced they’re searching for a suspect truck that they said hit a pedestrian on Saturday.
13591. EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Police are asking for the public’s help identifying a driver believed to be involved in a hit-and-run in East Providence over the weekend. The victim, identified by police as a 70-year-old man, was crossing the street at the intersection of Taunton Avenue and John Street Saturday morning when he was hit by a dark-colored Chevrolet Avalanche.
13592. The most recent crash happened around 11:30 a.m. on Monday in the 2400-block of South Federal Boulevard. According to Denver Police, an unknown driver was headed south on South Federal Boulevard when they struck a pedestrian who was crossing the street. The pedestrian was seriously hurt.
13593. A man was walking his two dogs when the driver hit him. The driver did not stop to render aid, and left the area. The man suffered from a severe, life-threatening injury. He was taken to a local hospital and remains in critical condition.
13594. The 11-year-old Milwaukee boy who was in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run has died, Milwaukee police announced Wednesday.
13595. LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A deadly hit-and-run crash that left a bicyclist dead and a 17-year-old boy in prison was determined a homicide, police said.
13596. Authorities are looking for a driver who hit and killed a pedestrian early Friday morning in Sun Valley. The incident happened around 2 a.m. on Lankershim Boulevard. The Los Angeles Police Department and Fire Department responded to the scene and found a man in his 20s who was pronounced dead at the scene.
13597. “He came that night to the store to buy himself something, and a car hit him, and that’s all I know. And he ended up in the hospital and he passed away,” said his heartbroken granddaughter, Brenda Izarraras.
13598. A 52-year-old Milwaukee man on electric scooter on city’s north side Thursday night was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver, police said.
13599. The Phoenix Police Department responded to a call about a crash involving a pedestrian around 1:30 a.m. When officers arrived at the area near 17th and Grand avenues, they found an injured man, identified as a pedestrian, police said.
13600. “She was supposed to be walking to Wendy’s. She got dragged to Wendy’s. How? How can any one of us be OK with it?” said Imari Bibbs, the victim’s mother.
13601. The victim was identified as Tahri Joseph, 28, by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. He was struck around 1:50 a.m. on Lankershim Boulevard near the intersection with Arminta Street, the LAPD said in a news release. A dark-colored sedan headed north on Lankershim hit the victim, and “the force of the collision caused the pedestrian to be thrown in a northeast direction across the intersection,” the release added.
13602. “He is currently in a coma and is in stable condition,” police said.
13603. Medics rushed a 4-year-old girl to a hospital Friday evening in critical condition after a hit-and-run crash. According to Milwaukee police, a driver hit the girl as she crossed the street near 3rd Street and Nash Street around 5:45 p.m. The driver did not stop and left the scene.
13604. One person is seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle in west Columbus Friday night, police say.
13605. Investigators with the Dalton Police Department (DPD) say they are looking for a suspect involved in a hit-and-run crash Sunday morning. DPD tells says the crash happened around 3 AM on Chattanooga Avenue in the area of Matilda Street and involved a pedestrian.
13606. A man was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Northeast Memphis early Sunday morning, according to the Memphis Police Department.
13607. Police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who struck a 14-year-old boy in Corona on Friday. Officers responded to reports of a crash near Upper Drive and Rimpau Avenue around 8:26 a.m. The victim was riding his bicycle to school when he was struck in the intersection, Corona police said.
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