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.
4764. Portland, Oreg. Feb. 15. Pedestrian fatally struck by a silver minivan which fled the scene.
4765. Charlotte, NC. Feb. 15. 50-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4766. Arlington, Texas. Feb. 15. 73-year-old man injured when struck by a “indigo” blue or dark blue Chevrolet Cavalier 2-door, possibly a mid-90’s or early 2000’s model which fled the scene.
4767. San Jose, Cal. Feb. 16. Man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4768. D’Iberville, Miss. Feb. 16. 42-year-old man injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; driver later caught.
4769. Fresno, Cal. Feb. 16. Man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4770. Lincoln City, Ore. Feb. 16. 88-year-old man fatally struck by a white two-door vehicle which fled the scene.
4771. Pelham, NH. Feb. 16. 50-year-old man injured when struck by a Lincoln which fled the scene.
4772. Waianae, Hawaii. Feb. 17. Pedestrian injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4773. Palm Springs, Cal. Feb. 16. Man fatally struck by two vehicle, the second of which, a Dodge Durango, fled the scene.
4774. San Antonio, Texas. Feb. 17. Unidentified man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4775. Bellefontaine, Ohio. Feb. 16. 34-year-old U.S. Marine fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4776. Jensen Beach, Fla. Feb. 17. 70-year-old man on bicycle fatally struck by a black extended-cab pickup truck which fled the scene.
4777. Indianapolis, Ind. Feb. 18. Man injured when struck by a light-colored pickup truck which fled the scene.
4778. Dalles, Oreg. Feb. 16. 78-year-old man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4779. Philadelphia, Pa. 32-year-old man critically injured when struck by a black 2000-2004 Jeep Cherokee which fled the scene.
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And I quote (I)…
Dwight Bradford was awakened by a crunching sound about 4 a.m. on a Saturday last summer. He looked outside and saw a group of people trying to maneuver a car into a garage outside the house he was renting on North Coolidge.
“They had it on the back of a little U-Haul truck and had it covered with a tarp or something,” he said.
Bradford had seen on the news that Wichita police were looking for a silver Mercury Grand Marquis that had been involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident July 5 on 21st Street. After the group with the U-Haul left, he said, he went out to the garage and looked under the tarp. It was a silver Mercury Grand Marquis with a smashed windshield and front-end damage. He said he called Crime Stoppers later that morning.
“I immediately knew that was the car they were looking for,” he said.
Bradford, who is 44 and unemployed, said he was happy to hear that Crime Stoppers had authorized the payment of a $1,000 reward for the tip that solved the case.
But now, he said, it looks like he won’t get a dime.
And I quote (II)…
Police have made an arrest in a Denver hit-and-run traffic incident that killed an 11-year-old boy.
Oswaldo Lopez, 21, is being held on suspicion of vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of the fatal accident, said Sonny Jackson, a Denver Police Department spokesman.
The fatal hit-and-run happened at about 8 p.m. Sunday at Federal Boulevard and West Colfax Avenue.
A suspect vehicle, a dark blue Dodge Charger, was found in Aurora and Lopez was taken into custody.
The child’s name has not been released.
And I quote (III)…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Two St. Thomas University seniors have been released from the hospital nearly three months after they were victims of a hit-and-run crash.
TommieMedia.com reports that both Rebekka Peterson and Nicholas Bergeland have rehabilitation and surgeries in their future.
Peterson’s mother, Susan, told TommieMedia that her daughter’s rehabilitation is now focused on improving her speaking and reading abilities.
Nick Bergeland’s mother, Denine, said her son is currently working on his physical strength at a facility that will help him return to college.
St. Paul Police arrested a woman in connection with the hit-and-run that occurred in the 1900 block of Grand Avenue in St. Paul at about 2:30 a.m. on Nov. 24.
And I quote (IV)…
HILTON HEAD, SC – The South Carolina Highway Patrol says a suspect in the hit and run that killed pedestrian in Hilton Head Island Friday night has been arrested.
Katie Lynn Byam of Savannah was arrested on Sunday, and charged with Leaving the Scene With Injuries.
A Navy veteran, Joshua Michael Hebenstreit, 28, of Hilton Head Island was killed in the crash Friday night, according to Beaufort County Deputy Coroner David Ott.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol reports the hit and run crash happened on Lagoon Road in Hilton Head Island around 9 p.m.
Hebenstreit was walking along the road when the crash happened.
On Monday, his friends and relatives were mourning his death on social media.
“Josh was hit on Valentine’s Day walking home from the grocery store by hit-and-run driver. He was left to die in someone’s yard just two houses from home and discovered by two bicyclists,” his uncle, Jim Herring, wrote on Facebook.
And I quote (V)…
Three people were arrested and two were injured after a fight at a Harwood mobile home park Monday afternoon ended in a hit-and-run, police said.
The incident happened at the Maryland Manor Mobile Home Park in the 1500 block of Flanders Ln., where a 22-year-old Hughesville woman and her boyfriend were dropping her child off to her estranged husband, Steven Wilson, Jr. During the 3 p.m. drop-off, Wilson and the woman got into an argument that escalated into a fight, police said. Her boyfriend, Stephen Bassford, got out of the car and hit Wilson’s brother, Matthew Wilson, in the arm with a baseball bat, police said. Matthew Wilson picked up a two-by-four and hit Bassford in the arm with it, police said.
As Bassford and the woman got into the car to leave, Matthew Wilson smashed the driver’s side window with the two-by-four, police said. Bassford hit Matthew Wilson with his car as he was driving away, as well as a female bystander and two vehicles parked in the lot, police said.
Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Evans, NY; W. Lebanon, Vt.; York County, SC; Chesterfield, Mo.; Eau Claire, Wisc.
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.)