Hit-and-Run America, Vol. CMXXXVIII

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.

13278. MIAMI (WSVN) – Police are asking for the public’s help to identify and locate the driver of a pickup truck who was involved in a hit-and-run fatality that occurred .

13279. A man was killed in a hit-and-run in Detroit over the weekend and police are still looking for the driver, WDIV Local 4 reports.

13280. The Major Collision Investigations unit with the Eugene Police Department is seeking tips on a hit and run case that happened in downtown Eugene.

13281. Just after 9 p.m. May 28 the Lakewood Police Department responded a pedestrian being hit by a car near West 6th Avenue Frontage Road and Jay Street. The victim, identified as 49-year-old Angela Selvage, was taken to a local hospital where she died of injuries, police said in a news release.

13282. GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) – Authorities are searching for a suspect wanted in connection to a Gulfport hit-and-run. Police said around 9 p.m. Saturday, officers responded to the 15000 block of Dedeaux Road for a reported hit-and-run involving a pedestrian. When they arrived, officers found a teenage victim lying in the road. The victim was taken to an area hospital and later airlifted to a trauma center, where she is currently in serious condition. (Update: Arrest.)

13283. SOUTHWEST HARBOR, Maine — Officials say the woman found dead on the side of a roadway in Southwest Harbor was the victim of a hit-and-run crash. According to investigators, a passerby discovered the body of a woman in a ditch near 61 Main Street just after 11:30 a.m. Sunday, and alerted authorities. Maine State Police would later identify the woman as 35-year-old Amber Robbins of Tremont.

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13285. Dallas Police are looking for the vehicle connected to a deadly hit-and-run that happened Sunday night. The department said the incident was at around 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 11, in the 9200 block of Lake June Road in Pleasant Grove. The vehicle was driving westbound on Lake June when it hit a pedestrian and then fled the area.

13286. The Bensalem Township Police Department seeks the public’s help in finding the driver in a hit-and-run accident that a Philadelphia man Saturday night. … The vehicle stopped and the driver got out, looked at the victim lying in the roadway, and then got back in the car and fled the scene northbound on Route 1, police said.

13287. Police say a man was crossing Montauk Highway between Sterling Place and Gunther Place when he was struck by a car that didn’t stop.

13288. The Dearborn Police Department is searching for a driver wanted in connection to a hit-and-run that left a 58-year-old pedestrian severely injured.

13289. Peekskill police are searching for the driver involved with a hit and run accident that occurred on Monday night. Police say the driver hit the 79-year-old male victim at around 10 p.m. on Howard Street near Pugsley Park.

13290. A juvenile was seriously injured Tuesday night in a hit-and-run crash on Kansas City’s East Side, according to police.

13291. A double-amputee woman was struck by a vehicle, possibly two vehicles, early Tuesday morning, June 13, near the 1000 block of South Main Street, according to police.

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.)

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