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. After a respite from keeping the list, it restarted in January 2019, highlighting one case a day. If there’s a case you’ve seen that deserves highlighting, drop me a line at hickey@brianphickey.com.
15365. MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. – Madison Heights police are searching for the driver involved in the fatal hit-and-run of a pedestrian.
15366. Police are looking to identify two drivers involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash in South Los Angeles Wednesday night.
15367. A woman and a child were critically injured in a crash this evening (Wednesday) on Richmond Highway in Mount Vernon, police say.
15368. “She hit two kids, but one of them got severe so it was a bystander that was helping the child and the lady kind of stopped for a minute and when she saw the distraction went up to the child, she took off and went up Paulding she just took off and left,” said witness Baba Oseni.
15369. SAN TAN VALLEY, Ariz. – The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a vehicle accused of a hit-and-run that left a boy hospitalized in San Tan Valley.
15370. The Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) is investigating a fatal hit-and-run that happened Wednesday night.
15371. Officers in Asheville, North Carolina, are asking for the public’s help identifying a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run that left a pedestrian with serious injuries.
15372. The pedestrian, a 93-year-old man from Camden, Delaware, was pronounced dead at the scene. His name is being withheld until his family has been notified.
15373. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Virginia Beach man was killed Friday morning in a hit-and-run crash, according to the Virginia Beach Police Department.
15374. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte police are investigating two separate hit-and-run crashes that left pedestrians seriously injured in different parts of the city.
15375. FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) – The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) shares that one person is dead following a hit-and-run crash on the city’s southwest side Friday night.
15376. Police say a person was hospitalized after a hit-and-run collision Friday night in northwest Oklahoma City.
15377. A person was rushed to the hospital after being struck by a vehicle in NW Oklahoma City, authorities say.
15378. A pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run crash Saturday morning in Lake Grove, police say. Authorities say the woman crossing Nesconset Highway, near Hallock Road, when she was struck and killed by a vehicle traveling eastbound at 6:20 a.m.
15379. Police are investigating after a child was struck in a hit-and-run crash after she fell off an electric scooter while riding in Philadelphia’s Kensington Avenue on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. Officials said the incident happened at about 8:34 p.m. on Saturday when a 12-year-old girl was riding an electric scooter near the intersection of Kensington Avenue and Westmoreland Street.
15380. The Brooklyn Center Police Department is asking the public for help investigating a fatal hit-and-run. Brooklyn Center police were dispatched at 10:22 p.m. on Jan. 30 to the 6800 block of Humboldt — about a block from the police station — on a report of an unconscious male. Arriving officers found a 26-year-old man who had been struck by a vehicle.
15381. According to Houston Police, a man was crossing the street south to north – not in a crosswalk – when a vehicle going westbound struck him. Police believe it was a black SUV. The driver kept going and didn’t stop to render aid, police say. The man died at the scene.
15382. PATERSON, New Jersey (WABC) — Police are investigating a deadly hit and run in Paterson on Monday morning. It happened near 135 Alabama Avenue around 9:30 a.m. The 59-year-old victim was apparently cleaning snow off his car when he was struck.
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.)