The family of Carolee Ashby attends a news conference in 2000 to announce the reopening of the case of the hit and run death of their daughter. (Suzanne Dunn/ The Post-Standard)
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.
3669. Pueblo, Colo. April 19. 56-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
3670-71. Halfmoon, NY. April 20. 15- and 16-year-old girls injured when struck by a white 2004 to 2008 Acura TL which fled the scene.
3672. Bethesda, Md. April 19. 35-year-old woman injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
3673. Oklahoma City, Okla. April 23. Unidentified pedestrian injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
3674. Dallas, Texas. April 20. 47-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene at which the victim was a Good Samaritan.
3675. Delway, NC. April 22. 4-year-old child fatally struck by a logging truck which fled the scene.
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There may be a breakthrough in the hit-and-run death of Carolee Sadie Ashby.
The four-year-old Fulton girl was struck and killed by an unknown motorist on Halloween night, 1968.
Despite numerous leads and interviews, Fulton police were unable to make an arrest in the case. It remains an open investigation.
When asked about specifics of the case currently, the department would only say that a press release would be issued Wednesday morning detailing issues in the case from 1968 to present.
A city resident has reportedly made a confession; but they won’t be charged.
“I feel like it is a longtime coming. But, neither my mom nor I have that feeling that we’re satisfied,” Carolee’s sister, Darlene McCann, told News Channel 9 this evening. “We just wish that they would be able to tell my mother, in person, that they were sorry. It is something our family has lived with every day of our lives.”
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Allentown police say charges will be filed against a man accused of injuring a four-year-old boy in a hit-and-run Saturday night.
Authorities say they have charged 21-year-old Engelbert Martinez-Infante of Allentown.
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A Hopewell Township (Pa.) man charged in a hit-and-run crash last week told police his wife had been driving the vehicle involved, and then struggled with officers when they placed him under arrest.
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“The guy got out of the car and asked me if I was all right,” Moutry said. “I shook my head. So he said, ‘Let me pull over.’ Then he took off and left me in the middle of the street.”
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TUCSON – It’s a hit and run case that’s been sitting on the shelf for 10 years and Tucson Police needs your help.
The family of Michael Kumer is speaking out, a decade after his death hoping to help police with leads.
Every time Kumer’s mother travels down Country Club Road across the from Winterhaven, she looks over to her son’s memorial and says, “I love you Michael.”
Marcella Kumer says, her 15-year-old son was walking on Country Club Road heading north, when the truck came from behind him and hit him. She asks, “What kind of person leaves a child in the road?”
Witnesses say the man behind the wheel was in a Gray Nissan pickup truck possibly with a ladder in the back.
“They think he was drunk because of the skid marks and he had to be picking up speed because he took my son out of his shoes. He hit him that hard.” A couple saw what happened and stayed with Michael until paramedics arrived.
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Treese was released on bail last year and authorities say he violated that bail when he went drinking at a bar. That’s what led to a no contest plea to homicide by vehicle back in January and the sentence of three to six years.
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A man seriously injured in a hit-and-run collision in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood last May will soon finally be on his way home to Georgia after family, friends and even an ex-San Francisco 49er helped raise enough money to transport him there.
More than $17,000 has been raised to help Selester “Les” Rowe, a 63-year-old homeless man who was struck by an SUV on May 12, 2012.
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Omaha police are investigating the death of a 60 year old man. Police were called to Templeton Drive at Fort Street in Omaha around 6:00 Wednesday morning. The man was found dead underneath his Dodge Durango.
Police believe the man was involved in a hit-and-run accident Tuesday evening at 114th and Dodge Streets. They believe he exited his vehicle to check for damage when it ran over him pinning him underneath. They also believe the man had been under the vehicle for quite some time and possibly suffered from exposure.
The investigation continues.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH)– A man was sentenced Tuesday, in the case of a three-year-old boy who was killed in a hit and run in Hartford back in 2011.
There was a great deal of emotion in the third floor courtroom in Hartford, as 20-year-old Christian Bordelies heard his sentence.
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David Silva, 17, who was nearly killed when a hit-and-run driver struck him while he was riding his bicycle in Philadelphia’s Tacony section more than a year ago, continues to make slow progress in his recovery from severe brain damage, and his friends and family continue to raise funds to make that recovery possible.
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NEWARK — A bus driver has been arrested in connection with the hit-and-run death of a Howell man at Newark Liberty International Airport in mid-November, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said today.
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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.)