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.
9244. Ferndale, Mich. Dec. 16. 48-year-old man on bicycle fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9245. San Jose, Cal. Dec. 17. Pedestrian fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene. (Update: Arrest)
9246. Las Vegas, Nev. Dec. 11. Woman injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9247. St. Louis, Mo. Dec. 11. 37-year-old man fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9248. Kenhorst, Pa. Dec. 11. Pedestrian fatally struck by a black car which fled the scene.
9249. Wichita, Kan. Dec. 11. 20-year-old man fatally struck by a white or silver car which fled the scene.
9250. Lexington, Ky. Dec. 11. Woman injured when struck by a black Ford Taurus which fled the scene.
9251. Janesville, Wisc. Dec. 10. Man injured when struck by a small black truck which fled the scene.
9252-53. Belton, Mo. Dec. 11. Two teenagers injured when struck by a SUV which fled the scene.
9254-57. Harlingen, Texas. Dec. 10. One teen fatally struck and three teens injured when struck by a early 1990s Chevy pickup which fled the scene. (Update: Driver surrenders)
9258. Miami, Fla. Dec. 11. 66-year-old man injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9259. Oswego, NY. Dec. 11. 19-year-old man injured when struck by a black Chevrolet 2500 pickup truck which fled the scene.
9260. Frankfort, Ky. Dec. 13. Pedestrian fatally struck by several vehicles, some of which fled the scene.
9261. Marlborough, Mo. Dec. 10. 26-year-old man injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9262. Long Island, NY. Dec. 12. 70-year-old man injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9263. San Antonio, Texas. Dec. 10. 61-year-old woman badly injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9264. Plantation, Fla. Dec. 14. Woman injured when struck by a tan or beige SUV which fled the scene.
9265. New Providence, NJ. Dec. 14. Pedestrian injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9266. Indianapolis, Ind. Dec. 16. 51-year-old man on bicycle fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9267. Dayton, Ohio. Dec. 16. 53-year-old man fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9268. Bronx, NY. Dec. 16. 10-year-old boy critically injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9269. Ware, Mass. Dec. 16. Child injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9270. Upper Mifflin Twp., Pa. Dec. 16. 25-year-old man fatally struck by a Honda Accord which fled the scene.
9271. East Providence, RI. Dec. 15. 70-year-old man fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9272. Hagerstown, Md. Dec. 17. 24-year-old woman fatally struck by a gray or silver Chrysler PT Cruiser which fled the scene.
9273. Wendell, Mass. Dec. 16. 40-year-old man on bicycle badly injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9274. San Francisco, Cal. Dec. 15. 54-year-old man critically injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9275. Modesto, Cal. Dec. 17. 50-year-old man fatally struck by a black Saturn which fled the scene.
9276. Modesto, Cal. Dec. 17. Man fatally struck by a Honda which fled the scene.
9277. Newbury, Pa. Dec. 17. 25-year-old man fatally struck by a mid-1990s Honda Accord which fled the scene.
9278. San Bernardino, Cal. Dec. 17. Man in his 30s fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9279. Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 18. Woman fatally struck by a truck which fled the scene.
9280. Columbus, Ohio. Dec. 18. Pedestrian injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9281. Los Angeles, Cal. Dec. 16. Woman fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9282-83. Los Angeles, Cal. Dec. 17. Two pedestrians injured when struck by a black Dodge Charger which fled the scene.
9284. Miami, Okla. Dec. 17. 53-year-old man fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9285. Savannah, Ga. Dec. 18. 70-year-old woman fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9286. San Antonio, Texas. Dec. 18. Man fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9287. Casco, Maine. Dec. 20. 56-year-old woman fatally struck by a Volkswagen which fled the scene.
9288. Des Moines, Iowa. Dec. 16. 6-year-old boy injured when struck by a dark-colored sedan which fled the scene.
9289. Brooklyn, NY. Dec. 19. 39-year-old man on bicycle fatally struck by a Nissan Maxima which fled the scene.
9290-91. Forest Lakes, Fla. Dec. 17. Two bicyclists injured when struck by a Hyundai Elantra which fled the scene.
9292. Charleston, SC. Dec. 19. 57-year-old man fatally struck by a dark full-sized sedan which fled the scene.
9293. Newark, Del. Dec. 19. 22-year-old man injured when struck by a black SUV which fled the scene.
9294. Mesquite, Texas. Dec. 18. 41-year-old man fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9295. Home Gardens, Cal. Dec. 19. 52-year-old woman fatally struck by a silver sedan which fled the scene.
9296. Denham Springs, La. Dec. 20. 36-year-old man fatally struck by a 1997 to 2002 Ford pickup which fled the scene.
9297. San Bruno, Cal. Dec. 19. Pedestrian injured when struck by a white SUV which fled the scene.
9298. Stockton, Cal. Dec. 19. 32-year-old woman injured when struck by a SUV which fled the scene.
9299. Fresno, Cal. Dec. 20. 57-year-old woman fatally struck by vehicles which fled the scene.
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When it comes to justice, she said the family is still pushing police to file charges against Woodlyn’s girlfriend, to whom the Nissan sedan was registered.
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A pickup driver struck an 88-year-old man riding an adult tricycle Saturday morning on U.S. 1 on Big Pine Key but fled the scene as the man remained lying on the pavement, police said.
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“It was 22 degrees and I was bleeding from the head with two broken legs so had I been left alone, there’s a good chance that I wouldn’t have made it,” Schwartz said.
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MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — Tuesday will mark 20 years since Mobile Police Corporal Owen McClinton died in a hit-and-run crash while he was on duty. John Kiel, the driver of the car that hit him, is set to be released from prison later this month.
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“How little do you care about life to just leave?” Jonathan said.
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“She had just come from shopping for a ring with her fiance,” Rothschild said. “The driver didn’t slow down — just took off from the scene.”
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A 28-year-old man involved in a crash that sent a vehicle careening into a South Los Angeles apartment building where a sleeping 5-year-old boy was killed has turned himself in and is facing felony hit-and- run charges, police said Monday.
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A man delivering a Christmas tree ended up getting caught in a wild carjacking and hit-and-run crash.
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Driver Charged in Hit-and-Run Crash That Killed Boy, 5, Whose Letter to Santa Was Found Nearby: Cops
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Police said Arevalo is believed to have fled to El Salvador two days after the crash but returned to the United States.
“The vehicle he is driving is still being tracked, but we know that it was shipped through the southern border of the United States and out of the country,” Michael Glennon said.
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During the hearing, Manganella said he was very familiar with the struggles of those with addictions and told Strazdus to “suck it up.”
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“The whole community is going to greatly miss him; he touched so many lives and lit up every room he entered,” reads a post on the page.
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LOS ANGELES — Police said today that tips from the public resulted in the arrest of a motorist allegedly responsible for the Nov. 12 hit-and-run death of a 50-year-old woman in the Jefferson Park area.
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KILLEN, Ala.–Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton confirms a suspect in a hit and run accident in Killen was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Nearly three weeks after a 70-year-old East Hollywood woman was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver, Los Angeles police have released surveillance video of the crash, and $50,000 reward is being offered in the case.
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The 24-year-old Kingston woman who previously made headlines when she ran down and killed a wheelchair-bound man was sentenced Wednesday to 10 to 20 months in the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for using heroin while supervising her baby daughter.
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A 27-year-old Raceland man was arrested Friday afternoon (Dec. 16), hours after state police say he ran off a back stretch of Terrebonne Parish highway, striking and killing a 51-year-old pedestrian, and then drove away.
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A Lancaster man has been arrested and charged for a hit-and-run accident last month that killed a trash collector in West Lampeter Township.
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Emory “Tommy” Clay was unable to make sense of why he drove a PT Cruiser onto a Hilltop sidewalk, purposely striking and killing a man he didn’t know on Christmas night last year.
“I just want to apologize,” the 19-year-old gang member said Friday in a Franklin County courtroom. “I do have remorse, but that’s not going to bring him back…. I can’t give an explanation for what happened or why it happened.”
Common Pleas Judge David C. Young sentenced Clay to 25 years in prison, punishment recommended by prosecuting and defense attorneys as part of a plea agreement. Clay pleaded guilty to several charges, including involuntary manslaughter and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity.
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An eight-year-old boy is dead after getting hit by a car Saturday afternoon in Brownwood.
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This weekend marks the 18th anniversary of the unsolved hit-and-run murder that killed Rick Devecchi.
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“I appreciate getting honored, but it was a better feeling knowing that we saved a life and he’s still alive,” Martinez said.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After Tonya Thomas’ son was killed in a hit-and-run accident, the man behind the wheel was released after just nine months.
But Thomas was able to forgive him, and now is hoping to share her story with thousands.
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“Let your conscience be your guide. Come back, turn around and help the family and the friends of the beloved one. There’s no reason to run after you just totally killed somebody,” said Willie Bacon, Sr.
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At least 15 people have died while walking in Bellmead during the past seven years — a number regional transportation officials said is alarmingly high. The city of about 10,000 has 4 percent of the county’s population but 33 percent of its 45 pedestrian deaths. Most of those were along a deadly triangle of Bellmead highways: Loop 340, Interstate 35 and Bellmead Drive, or Highway 84.
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“I know accidents happen, I know people gets scared,” his daughter, Martha Chirpich said Monday. “I just want someone to come forward and tell me they are sorry for what they did to my dad. For someone to admit that they know what they did would help.”
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Hyde’s husband, Tony, screamed “Murderer!” at Ryan in a Quincy courtroom, and the victim’s daughter collapsed in tears before the room was cleared.
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“It’s very callous what you did, and I just look forward to getting a phone call that you’re behind bars,” said Sean Crisp, Kliewer’s brother-in-law.
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New Orleans police are searching for a 29-year-old man accused of violating his parole in connection with the 2005 hit-and-run death of a 4-year-old girl. Matthew Barra, who fatally struck the child while driving a stolen car, came to the NOPD’s attention when he was shot last month in the Seventh Ward.
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“I wanted him to see our faces,” she said, pointing to the picture on her “Always on my mind, forever in my heart” memorial sweatshirt. “And I wanted him to see Jay Jay’s face.”
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A former Albuquerque police officer is facing new legal action after a deadly hit-and-run drunk driving crash.
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“We’ve had people from all over the states contribute and want to do something to bless this family,” she said.
Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Lisbon, Maine; Phoenix, Ariz.; Harlem, NY; Riverhead, NY; Las Vegas, Nev.; Pleasant Hills, Pa.; Pine Hills, Fla.; Salinas, Cal.; Portland, Ore.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Minquadale, Del.; Dallas, Texas; Laconia, NH; Calhoun, La.; Arcadia, Cal.; Enfield, Ct.; Cleveland, Ohio; Longview, Texas; Barberton, Ohio; Summerville, SC; Athens, Ga.; Braintree, Mass.; San Diego, Cal.; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Raleigh, NC; Sacramento, Cal.; Provo, Utah; Dundalk, Md.; San Diego, Cal.; Hagerstown, Md.; Corpus Christi, Texas; Houston, Texas; Tampa, Fla.; Lower Merion, Pa.; Newark, NJ.
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.)