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.
15682. “Why is she gone? It wasn’t her time to go,” said Angelina Provencio, the victim’s mother. “I can’t rest. I don’t sleep. I can’t eat right now,”
15683. Police are searching for the driver in a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian Monday morning in San Francisco’s Bayview District, according to SFPD.
15684. “I look back, and my son is on the ground,” Davion Rawlings said. “She ran over my son and kept going. As I go chase the car, I try to stop her, but I realize my son is lying on the ground.”
15685. PONTIAC, Mich. (WXYZ) — One man is dead and two women have been hospitalized after being hit by a vehicle in downtown Pontiac late Wednesday night, with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office saying they are still looking for a suspect.
15686. “She will die here from her injuries,” said her mother, Christina Ibarra. “She had so many things she wanted to accomplish. That was taken from her—and from us.”
15687. HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Authorities in northwest Harris County are asking for people’s help in finding the driver of a deadly hit-and-run incident from Tuesday night.
15688. Officers with the Winston-Salem Police Department said they are looking for the suspect responsible for hitting a man on a moped and driving away.
15689. BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Bethlehem police are investigating a hit-and-run late Thursday night that left a pedestrian seriously injured.
15690. Geneva, N.Y. — A hit-and-run crash Thursday on a busy road in Ontario County is under investigation. A pedestrian was struck on Exchange Street and was taken to a local hospital with what appear to be non-life-threatening injuries, according to Geneva Police Chief Ronald Eveland.
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15692. The Los Angeles Police Department asked for help finding the driver who severely injured a woman in a hit-and-run crash.
15693. GRESHAM, Ore. — Gresham Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a person of interest connected to a hit-and-run crash in 2023.
15694. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A woman was kidnapped after being intentionally hit by a driver in west Charlotte on Wednesday night, police say.
15695. New Orleans police need help locating a suspect wanted for a deadly hit-and-run on the High Rise Bridge
15696. DENVER — Denver Police are investigating three separate crashes that killed three pedestrians Sunday morning.
15697. OCONEE COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – The Oconee County Coroner’s Office said it is investigating a deadly hit-and-run. Troopers said the suspect vehicle, a minivan, was traveling west on South Carolina Highway 130 near South Craggmore Drive when it struck a pedestrian. Troopers said the minivan left the scene.
15698. “Everybody loved him…Anybody needed something, he’d give it to them. That’s the kind of person he was. He loved everybody,” John Maxwell said.
15699. A 55-year-old pedestrian was fatally struck during a hit-and-run overnight in Prospect Heights, according to police.
15700. “We are just trying to change the world,” Czuar says. “And I don’t know how we can prevent these things from happening, and everyone says, ‘How do we do it?’, but we can at least try. We have to at least try. We can’t just throw up our arms and just always play defense. We have to try to get things under control. This is a harsh reality that we are gonna have to face going forward for our kids.
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.)