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.
13186. Briggs’ Sisler Dakisha Holmes expresses the hardship of her sister’s absence. “Still a hard pill to swallow,” said Holmes. Yet, while investigators work their hardest for a significant break in the case, Holmes is hurt knowing they are no closer to an answer about who hit and killed Samantha. “That could have been you, that could have been your child, that could have been your sister, somebody that you know,” said Holmes. “We want justice at this point.”
13187. Richmond Police are looking for the driver responsible for hitting and killing a pedestrian early Wednesday morning in Richmond’s Southside. Officers were called to the 5200 block of Orcutt Lane at approximately 3:15 a.m. on Wednesday, May 10 for the report of a person down. Officers arrived and found a man, now identified as Ryan Howell, 28, of Richmond, down and injured in the road. Howell was pronounced dead at the scene.
13188. A 37-year-old woman is facing life-threatening injuries following a hit-and-run near 14th and Atkinson in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 11, according to Milwaukee police.
13189. A 10-year-old girl has been in the hospital since Wednesday after a hit-and-run crash in Bridgeton NJ.
13190. Authorities are searching for a hit-and-run driver after a person was struck and killed in North Hollywood.
13191. The Lodi Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying a hit-and-run victim. The department posted photos to their Facebook page of the hospitalized victim on Saturday, May 14. The victim was struck by a vehicle on April 30 at Kettleman Lane and Central Avenue.
13192. Police in Philadelphia are investigating after a man — believed to be in his 20s — was found dead on a city street after it had been believed he was simply passed out in a roadway.
13193. Homicide investigators with the Baton Rouge Police Department are searching for answers in connection with a fatal hit-and-run accident.
13194. Oklahoma law enforcement officials are investigating a hit-and-run that killed long-time Arkoma resident John Aaron Pemberton on Saturday, May 13. Pemberton’s family tells 5NEWS that he was legally blind and well known by the community.
13195. Eyewitness News spoke with Rodriguez’s family last month. Rodriguez was the father of three children, Destiny, Frankie, and Bentley, and a baby girl due in July with his girlfriend, Erika Baylor. Frankie lost his grandfather three weeks before his dad died. Both men were killed on the road because of other drivers.
13196. Talladega police are looking for information in connection with a fatal hit-and-run collision with a pedestrian Sunday. According to police, Andrew Lee Jobson, 34, was killed in an incident at about 1:05 a.m. at the intersection of Alabama 275 and Allen Street.
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13198. Fairmont Police are searching for the driver in a hit-and-run that left a 70-year-old man in critical condition.
13199. The search for a suspect is underway following a hit-and-run crash involving a pedestrian on the northeast side of Colorado Springs Monday afternoon. Police are reporting the crash happened at about 12:30 p.m. in the area of Poudre Way and Bergen Drive. The intersection is near Skyview Middle School and police say the crash did not involve anyone connected to the school.
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.)