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.
13151. Investigators with the Baton Rouge Police Department are searching for information about a hit-and-run crash that left a man in the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
13152. LAPD detectives are seeking the public’s help in finding the driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run in Koreatown early Tuesday morning. A 2005 silver Nissan Altima was travelling eastbound on 1st Street near Westmoreland Avenue around 5:15 a.m. when it collided with a female pedestrian in the roadway, according to a statement from the Los Angeles Police Department.
13153. West Haven police are looking for the driver who struck and killed a pedestrian early Saturday morning before taking off.
13154. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is asking for the public’s help to find a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run crash that injured a bicyclist.
13155. A hit-and-run crash in Southwest Miami-Dade, that involved a mo-ped scooter and another vehicle, sent one person to the hospital.
13156. PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan. (KCTV) – The Prairie Village Police Department is looking for a suspect after a pedestrian was injured in a hit-and-run.
13157. “Today was the first day that she was able to say something that made sense,” Treppendahl said. “We get one good moment like that a day.”
13158. The Chesterfield Police Department is looking for a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run that seriously injured a 7-year-old girl.
13159. “It’s horrible someone got hit and killed. God rest his soul,” said Sharef Holman from North Philadelphia. Pieces of the car were in the street next to a Sunoco gas station. That gas station released surveillance footage of ambulances and a fire truck rushing to the chaotic scene.
13160. GREENLAWN, NY — A Huntington man was seriously injured in a hit-and-run in Greenlawn early Thursday, Suffolk police said.
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13162. A St. Petersburg woman was killed in a hit-and-run early Saturday morning, according to police. The St. Petersburg Police Department said Cassandra Gelineau, 28, of St. Petersburg was walking across a crosswalk at the intersection of 15th Avenue South and 34th Street South when she was hit by an SUV.
13163. An NYPD lieutenant was hospitalized with a head injury early Saturday when a hit-and-run driver blew past a Manhattan vehicle safety checkpoint, police said.
13164. Troy police are looking for the driver of a vehicle that hit a pedestrian then fled the scene.
13165. A 61-year-old pedestrian was the victim of a fatal hit-and-run Sunday morning on Bunce Road near Dusty Edge Trail, according to the Fayetteville Police Department.
13166. Police are looking for the vehicle that was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run Saturday morning in Ware. Police said that around 2:30 a.m., they were called to Cumberland Farms for a hit-and-run that involved a juvenile bicyclist. The cyclist suffered serious superficial injuries and was taken to an area hospital for evaluation.
13167. Baltimore police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that killed one and injured another man in downtown Baltimore Sunday evening. According to police, Central District officers responded to the 300 block of East Saratoga Street for a reported pedestrian involved crash. They found two men, a 54-year-old and an unidentified man, who had been struck by a vehicle. Both men were taken to hospitals where the unidentified man would be pronounced dead.
13168. INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD is looking for a driver who hit a pedestrian on Indy’s northwest side Saturday night, then left the scene. Medics responded but could not save the life of the man who was hit.
13169. LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — According to Lexington Police, a pedestrian is in critical condition after being injured in a hit-and-run Saturday night.
13170. CHARLOTTE — A teenager is dead after being hit by a car in Uptown Charlotte, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
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.)