Hit-and-run dirtbag Vincent Carello
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.
6287. Winter Haven, Fla. Feb. 18. 52-year-old woman fatally struck by a white or gray BMW SUV which fled the scene.
6288. Centreville, Va. Feb. 19. 85-year-old woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
6289. Florence, Ariz. Feb. 19. Pedestrian fatally struck by a 1997 or newer Jeep TJ convertible which fled the scene.
6290. Beaumont, Texas. Feb. 20. 48-year-old man fatally struck by a black or dark-colored extended-cab pickup truck which fled the scene.
6291. Memphis, Tenn. Feb. 20. Pedestrian critically injured when struck by a red tractor trailer which fled the scene.
6292-93. Oakland, Cal. Feb. 20. One pedestrian killed another injured when struck by a sedan from which the driver ran away.
6294. Des Moines, Iowa. Feb. 21. 21-year-old man fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; later impounded sans driver.
6295. Findlay, Ohio. Feb. 20. 16-year-old male injured when struck by a red four-door vehicle which fled the scene.
6296. Greenwich, NY. Feb. 19. Female pedestrian fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
Related stories:
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Police say they may have a break in a horrific hit-and-run crash that killed a groom-to-be and severely injured his fiancee on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway earlier this month.
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On early Thursday morning, La Crosse police received a call from a friend of Dereszynski. The caller said Dereszynski had told him he was the driver responsible for the accident and wanted to turn himself in but couldn’t. The friend told Dereszynski that if he didn’t turn himself in, he would call police.
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Carello was indicted in December on vehicular manslaughter, leaving the scene and drunken driving charges in the 7 a.m. Oct. 30 fatality on Lakeshore Road. Summer A. Rupert-Wozniczka, 37, was jogging against traffic in bright clothing with a flashing light when she was struck, state police Capt. Jeffrey Raub has said.
Today, Fahey announced that he would order a hearing to determine whether statements Carello made to police could be used against him at trial.
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Lance Armstrong has pleaded guilty to careless driving for hitting two parked cars with his SUV in Aspen, a crash his girlfriend originally tried to take the blame for, a prosecutor confirmed on Wednesday.
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PICKERINGTON, Ohio – A new photo has been released of a vehicle that may be linked to a fatal hit and run.
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Police release details regarding hit-and-run that killed Vietnam Vet
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MIAMI – A 21-year-old man accused of causing a crash that killed a bicyclist and injured another on the Rickenbacker Causeway last month was in court Friday as his lawyers pleaded not guilty on his behalf.
Alejandro Alvarez has been out of jail on bond since the Jan. 21 crash that killed Walter Reyes, 49, and sent Henry Hernandez, 40, to Mercy Hospital.
Hernandez sat in a wheelchair inside the courtroom during Alvarez’s arraignment.
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Florida had more than 80,000 hit-and-run crashes last year. Fatal hit-and-run crashes increased by 23 percent in Florida between 2013 and 2014 and nearly half of those victims were pedestrians, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. One-fourth of all crashes are hit-and-run accidents, they add.
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“What hurts me the most is he was just left there to die,” said Nunez.
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An Allegheny County sheriff’s deputy is accused of leaving the scene of an accident.
Pittsburgh police charged Michael D. Reilly, 45, of Reserve on Feb. 3 with two counts of hit-and-run and two summary counts — failing to notify police of an accident and careless driving.
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The Aurora Police Department made a mistake when its officers allowed the city fire chief’s wife to go home with her husband after she was involved in a hit-and-run accident, a prosecutor said Friday during a court hearing.
“I think this would have been something else but for her being the fire chief’s wife,” said Chris Opfer, a deputy district attorney for the 18th Judicial District. “She got a break.”
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The driver who killed a pregnant woman and her new husband in a hit-and-run crash in 2013 is facing life in prison after a jury found him guilty on Friday of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide.
Julio Acevedo was also found guilty of two counts of leaving the scene of a crash for smashing his Bavarian Motor Works ride into the livery cab carrying Nathan and Raizy Glauber, both 21, to a hospital. Friends and family of the young couple say that justice has been served, but that no prison sentence could be long enough to make up for Acevedo’s reckless driving, and his fleeing to Pennsylvania.
Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Toledo, Ohio; Chico, Cal.; Omaha, Neb.; Ramsey, NJ; Warrensburg, NY; Blairsville, Ind.
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.)