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.
16611. A 72-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run in Tuscaloosa County. Authorities on Thursday identified the victim as Willie Clay Fleming. He lived in Northport.
16612. “The night that I found out my sister passed, it just changed all our lives,” Allison David, her sister, said.
16613. Around 8 a.m. on Feb. 28, officers were alerted to the incident in the area of the 14300 block of Bel-Red Road. Investigators believe the suspect was driving a late 1990s white Toyota Camry when they hit a woman in the parking lot outside a business and drove off.
16614. AURORA, Colo. — A person is in the hospital after being injured in a hit-and-run in a high school parking lot. On Friday just after 9 p.m., Aurora Police officers responded to a report of a hit-and-run crash in the Grandview High School parking lot, according to a media release from the Aurora Police Department.
16615. HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police said they are searching for the driver responsible for hitting and killing a woman in southwest Houston.
16616. YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Police are investigating after a juvenile female victim was struck by a vehicle in a York County hit-and-run Sunday morning.
16617. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A construction worker is dead after being struck by a vehicle that fled the scene just west of Downtown Columbus early Saturday morning.
16618. A man was found unconscious in a Mount Washington street early Sunday after being struck by a vehicle, Pittsburgh police said.
16619. SAN DIEGO — A man in the Mission Bay Park community of San Diego was fatally struck Sunday morning by a hit-and run vehicle, authorities said.
16620. Brandy Renee Coco, 44, was killed when she was struck by an unknown vehicle on the South Woodrow Street/Interstate 630 on-ramp around 12:40 a.m, according to a Little Rock Police incident report. According to police, the driver left the scene.
16621. “It’s hurtful. It’s very disappointing to know that someone would take someone’s life,” Osborne’s mother, Cynthia Bradley, said. “I think the amount of the force the detectives described to me – it sounds like the person driving had to know that they hit something with that amount of weight and force, and it hurts and it’s very disturbing that they didn’t stop.”
16622. AUSTIN, Texas — Police say a driver who hit and killed a pedestrian in southeast Austin on Sunday morning fled the scene before officers arrived.
16623. BROKEN ARROW, OKLA. (KTUL) — Authorities are continuing to investigate a hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian with serious injuries last week and are asking the public for help identifying a vehicle believed to be connected to the case.
16624. AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) – A 23-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Russell Avenue in Akron on Wednesday evening. According to a release from Akron Police, at around 10:35 p.m., officers responded to the area of Russell Avenue and Laurel Avenue for a report of a pedestrian hit by a car.
16625. PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Police have arrested a Northeast Philadelphia man nearly a year and a half after a hit-and-run that killed a woman crossing Levick Street in Wissinoming, an incident investigators described as violent and deadly. Authorities said 37-year-old Charles Edward Wright of Northeast Philadelphia was arrested Tuesday in connection with the crash that took the life of 43-year-old Veronica Herling.
16626. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – The Tallahassee Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a car suspected in a Thursday night hit and run. The incident left a pedestrian seriously injured Thursday evening, according to TPD.
16627. DENVER (KDVR) — Police in the city of Boulder are looking for a driver accused of taking off after striking a man who fell off the back of a Lime scooter on Broadway overnight Thursday.
16628. RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) – Richmond Police are asking for information about the driver and car involved in a hit-and-run that injured a woman on Thursday.
16629. WILKINS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A person is dead after being hit by a vehicle along a major road in Wilkins Township, and police are searching for the vehicle involved. Allegheny County 911 was notified of a body lying in the roadway in the 3400 block of William Penn Highway around 4:43 a.m.
16630. BROWNSVILLE, Brooklyn (WABC) — A heartbroken mother described her unimaginable loss after her 4-year-old son was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Brownsville, Brooklyn on Thursday morning. “My house is silent. I don’t hear no noise. All my boys make noise. I’m hurt right now,” said the victim’s mother, Harmonie Wright.
16631. ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) – Police are investigating a crash involving a pedestrian in north St. Louis City Friday night.
16632. CHESTER HEIGHTS, Pa. (WPVI) — Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred late Thursday night in Chester Heights Borough, Delaware County.
16633. HOMER GLEN, Ill. (WGN) – The Will County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding the person(s) involved in a deadly hit-and-run that happened Friday night in Homer Glen.
16634. Police in Eagan, Minnesota, are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash that happened overnight Saturday, according to officials.
16635. The Alamo Police Department is searching for a gray/silver Nissan Rogue believed to be involved in a deadly hit-and-run that killed a veteran.
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.)