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.
16447. Seattle police detectives in the Traffic Collision Investigative Squad (TCIS) are seeking the public’s assistance in locating the suspect vehicle involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision on Dec. 14 at about 12:00 a.m. The crash occurred at Beacon Avenue South and South Stevens Street.
16448. PELHAM, Ala. — A victim has died after a hit-and-run in Pelham on Wednesday, according to the Shelby County coroner. He was identified as Douglas McQueen, 57.
16449. Once they arrived, they found a man hit by a vehicle, according to a Facebook post from the Harlingen Police Department. The man was transported to a local hospital where he died from injuries.
16450. MEDFORD, Ore. – A hit-and-run investigation is underway after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in Medford on Christmas Day.
16451. The Bristol County District Attorney’s office said Nicolassa Ventura Colaj, 33, of New Bedford, was leaving a church gathering with her family on Acushnet Avenue just after midnight when she was struck by a passing SUV. Colaj was transported to an area hospital where she later died.
16452. PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A woman is in critical condition after a car hit her near the Phoenix-Glendale border early Thursday morning.
16453. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – A woman died and a man was critically injured early New Year’s Day when a speeding car flew onto a sidewalk and struck them as they tried to get into a rideshare outside a Nashville bar.
16454. The Greensboro Police Department is looking for a driver who hit a man and left the scene.
16455. NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — The North Charleston Police Department is investigating a fatal hit-and-run involving a pedestrian that closed a portion of Rivers Avenue on Thursday evening.
16456. LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Police are investigating a deadly hit-and-run crash that claimed the life of a 43-year-old woman on the Las Vegas Strip on New Year’s Day.
16457. Authorities said Friday they’ve made “significant progress” in the search for a driver involved in a hit-and-run crash in New Bedford, Massachusetts, that killed a mother who was leaving a New Year’s Eve service.
16458. LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — The family of a woman killed in a hit-and-run crash on Las Vegas Boulevard has identified the victim as 43-year-old Lynessa Gyen Perkins, a mother of three.
16459. A woman is recovering after she was injured in a hit-and-run in Mandeville on New Year’s Eve. According to the Mandeville police, the hit-and-run happened at the intersection of Lakeshore Drive and Girod Street.
16460. “Why would you hit the little boy and keep going? Why would you hit him and keep going?” you hear her say to the driver on video she recorded that night.
16461. RICHMOND, Va. — Police are investigating a deadly hit-and-run crash that killed a woman on Richmond’s Southside late Saturday night.
16462. “I just hate that he’s gone, but I just know he’s in a better place now,” Anderson’s Cousin said.
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.)