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.
13378. A witness told police they saw a white sedan, possibly a Toyota, hit the woman while she was crossing the street. It briefly stopped after striking the woman, then fled northbound on Broad Street, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said. Police found a plastic piece of the undercarriage from the car and a sneaker at the scene. “She was hit with such force that she was launched, knocked out of one of her sneakers,” Small said.
13379. West Chicago police were back on the scene Wednesday morning after a hit-and-run crash over the weekend left a teen pedestrian dead.
13380. Police want help finding the driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a 41-year-old man in Detroit.
13381. A teen driver is accused of hitting a 9-year-old girl in the street, then leaving, police in Georgia say. Now she’s facing charges.
13382. Waterbury police are seeking information on a hit-and-run driver involved in a crash with a bicycle on Tuesday evening.
13383. An unknown vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian Wednesday evening on Darren Drive in Portsmouth, police said.
13384. “His mom was there with his family and witnessed it. And as a mother, I couldn’t imagine dealing with that, let alone your child dying,” Lt. Coble said.
13385. Police in South Park are searching for the driver who seriously injured a pedestrian and fled the scene early Friday.
13386. Metro Nashville police are searching for a suspected hit-and-run driver of a stolen car who critically injured a man.
13387. First responders are on the scene of a fatal hit-and-run crash in the area of Story Road and South White Road in San Jose, according to the San Jose Police Department. SJPD units are investigating the crash which involved a female adult pedestrian.
13388. The Auburn Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a vehicle allegedly involved in a hit-and-run early Thursday morning. Police say a 22-year-old woman was found with a serious head laceration near 32 Riverside Drive around 4:15 a.m. She was staggering and unable to communicate with first responders, so she was taken to the hospital.
13389. Bismarck Police are investigating a hit-and-run incident where a truck struck a juvenile on a bike. Authorities say at around nine p.m. on July 5, a dark-colored Dodge Dakota hit and injured a minor on a bike crossing the marked intersection at South 12th and East Bismarck Expressway.
13390. A 14-year-old was struck and killed in the westbound lanes of Street Road in Bensalem Thursday night. The young teen and another minor may have been trying to cross the road when he was hit. Two cars originally stopped but one driver left. Bensalem police would like to talk with the driver of a dark gray sedan.
13391. Baltimore Police are investigating a hit-and-run that killed one person Saturday. It happened after 4 p.m., when officers responded to the 5100 block of Reisterstown Road for a report of a pedestrian struck.
13392. An adult man died in a hit-and-run crash in Harrisburg on Saturday evening. Police said that they responded around 9 p.m. to the report of a pedestrian hit in the 200 block of South 17th Street. Attempts by police and EMS to revive the man failed, they said.
13393. Traffic Unit Investigators with the Metro Nashville Police Department said they are searching for a hit-and-run driver as well as two other occupants of a stolen 2011 Subaru Legacy that critically injured a man on Elm Hill Pike Wednesday.
13394. The Salt Lake City Police Department is asking the public to help identify the car and driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash that happened early Sunday on Redwood Road. … When officers arrived, they found an injured 59-year-old man on the ground. First responders provided life-saving efforts, but the man died at the scene, the release said.
13395. SPRINGDALE, Ark. — A hit-and-run crash took the life of a pedestrian in Springdale on the early morning of Saturday, July 8, according to police.
13396. “In my daughter’s name, in Paige Donahue’s name, please make her tragedy come with positivity,” Palucci said. “I haven’t had sleep in so long, but I don’t care. I just want – there’s nothing I can do to change any of this.”
13397. Memphis police said they are searching for the driver of a blue SUV after a hit-and-run crash took place on Sunday. Officers said they responded towards 4 p.m. at Ridgeway near Village Grove and that three pedestrians were injured. A woman was transported to Regional One in critical condition and two children were transported to Le Bonheur in non-critical condition, according to MPD.
13398. Police said a hit-and-run crash left one man dead on Indy’s near east side just outside of downtown early Monday. IMPD officers responded to the 1200 block of East Washington Street and Southeastern around 5:30 a.m. and found a person injured on the ground. The pedestrian was transported to a nearby hospital, where they later died from their injuries.
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