Hit-and-Run America LXXV

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.

473. Honolulu, Hawaii. June 1. 37-year-old motorcyclist breaks ankle when struck by a white Toyota sedan which fled the scene.

474. Grand Rapids, Mich. June 1. Elderly woman in a wheelchair suffers non-life-threatening injuries including a broken leg when struck by white rental Mazda which fled the scene and was returned at an airport.

Related stories:

Julie Bloodworth, a mother-of-three (pictured) from the UK, was left for dead by a hit-and-run artist. On her 47th birthday.

23-year-old woman (pictured) arrested in connection with a Sept. 2008 fatal hit-and-run in Maine.

This one from India defies summary.

An Idaho unsolved-hit-and-run victim shares some insight into his recovery.

The trial in the death of Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart will not be delayed, as the defense had hoped. (Here’s Jeff Pearlman’s SI.com column which includes what happened to me as well.)

Nominee for best hit-and-run quote not by Brian Hickey comes from a Brooklyn incident in which SUV is sideswiped by a car that flees while SUV careens into two other vehicles: “When the car stopped sliding sideways, I got right out with one thing on my mind and that was to fuck up the motherfucker that hit me,” the driver said. “For sure, I was going to put my foot in his motherfucking ass.” Here’s to you, SUV driver!

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.)