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.
16017. “He has two broken legs, a broken hip. They had to remove his spleen. He has a fractured spine. One of his lungs is damaged,” said Robert Buggs, Leon’s brother. “I’m concerned about the fact he’s had no brain activity since he’s been in the hospital. From what I was told by my nieces is that they are going to gradually ease off the sedation and see how he responds then. No final decisions have been made.”
16018. A student on an electric scooter was hit by a SUV Wednesday morning, the Duxbury Police Department said in a Facebook post.
16019. HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Honolulu police are investigating a double hit-and-run that occurred in Kalihi in the early hours of Thursday morning.
16020. The Milwaukee Police Department is investigating a deadly hit-and-run crash on Thursday, around 10 p.m.
16021. The family of a Belleville man killed in a hit-and-run Saturday night on Illinois Route 157 is pleading for the driver responsible to come forward and bring them closure.
16022. A volunteer chaplain for Eden Prairie is under investigation in connection with a hit-and-run crash that left a 2-year-old girl with life-threatening injuries on Aug. 21, the city said in a news release Friday.
16023. “I have never felt that sort of gut-wrenching feeling,” Meskil said, describing the call learning of her father’s death.
16024. CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill. – Police from the Cahokia Police Department are seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect wanted for a deadly hit-and-run.
16025. DENVER — Denver Police are investigating a crash Saturday morning involving a car and a bicyclist.
16026. SAN ANTONIO – A hit and run accident at a Northwest Side parking lot left a woman dead early Sunday morning.
16027. SDPD has confirmed to NBC 7 that a body found near the 100 block of Sea World Drive is connected to an earlier hit-and-run collision that happened in the same area.
16028. According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, responding deputies found a woman who had been struck. She was rushed to the hospital, but despite lifesaving efforts, she has since passed away, officials said.
16029. A pedestrian was struck by an SUV and killed Friday night in East Anchorage, police said.
16030. FRESNO, Calif. — The California Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash on Highway 99, just south of Westside Boulevard.
16031. Milwaukee police are searching for the person, who they say, hit and killed a pedestrian in a pickup truck, then drove off.
16032. Chicago police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who seriously injured a pedestrian over the weekend.
16033. An NYPD officer was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Brooklyn on Sunday evening, according to authorities.
16034. A man was killed in Manorville while crossing County Route 111 north of Chapman Boulevard, and the driver who hit him never stopped. Detectives say the crash happened around 8:30 p.m. Sunday and the vehicle continued heading north. The victim died at the hospital and has not yet been identified.
16035. LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A pedestrian was taken to a hospital after a hit-and-run crash in Las Vegas early Tuesday morning, police say.
16036. A man was injured in a hit-and-run while dining outside on Monday morning, according to Boston police.
16037. PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Philadelphia police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that left a bicyclist dead Tuesday morning, not far from the Please Touch Museum.
16038. LONGMEADOW, Mass. (WWLP) – Police are investigating after a vehicle struck a cyclist last Friday near the Longmeadow Shops.
16039. CHICAGO (WLS) — A 19-year-old pedestrian was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash over the weekend on the city’s Southwest Side, Chicago police said Monday.
16040. “I just hope somebody came forward. It was a Saturday night. A holiday weekend in the 8 o’clock hour. Somebody seen or heard something. We were out here yesterday trying to get answers, you know, knocking on doors just trying to see if anybody knows or heard or saw anything,” Jasmine said.
16041. The sheriff’s office said Nicole Burke, 37, from South Wayne, Wisconsin, was hit Thursday night on Highway 78 North, just west of Warren, and was found dead on the side of a road just after 11 on Friday morning.
16042. (FOX 5/KUSI) — A woman’s body was found more than 12 hours after she may have been struck during a hit-and-run crash between two vehicles early Saturday morning. San Diego police said the crash happened on Sea World Drive near West Mission Bay Drive around 12:20 a.m.
16043. “My wife ran up and he was unconscious on the ground, and there were other people who came by, but the person that hit him had left,” he said.
16044. VENETA, Ore. – Oregon State Police officials said the public’s help is sought in locating the involved driver of a hit-and-run vehicle versus pedestrian crash that killed a 22-year-old Veneta man early Sunday morning.
16045. LINN COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) – A 44-year-old woman from Albany was hit and killed by a car along Hwy 34 in Linn County on Sunday night, according to Oregon State Police.
16046. “It’s frustrating. It’s devastating. I feel for the family,” Gale said. “We do see people walking around and pedestrians, and in this case, it would be super helpful to have that extra layer of protection for the vulnerable road users.”
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.)