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.
16726. The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office charged San Leandro’s police chief with misdemeanor hit and run in connection with a 2025 collision, the office announced Wednesday.
16727. Chicago police are investigating a series of hit-and-run crashes reported across the city.
16728. PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Police are searching for the driver of a pickup truck involved in a deadly hit-and-run in west Phoenix early Saturday morning.
16729. SAN ANTONIO — A 35-year-old pedestrian is in critical condition following a hit-and-run assault in downtown San Antonio early Saturday morning, police say.
16730. According to police on Saturday morning, 54-year-old Nicole Shawnette White was trying to cross the street when she was struck by a vehicle. The news release said she was transported to a hospital, where she died from her injuries.
16731. Hawai‘i Island police are searching for the drivers of unknown vehicles involved in a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run collision in Keaʻau late Friday night, May 15, 2026, in which a man died. The collision occurred on Highway 130 near the intersection of Orchidland Drive.
16732. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Police are searching for a driver who struck and killed a person in northeast Columbus after a hit-and-run crash Saturday night.
16733. Cincinnati police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash in West Price Hill. Officers were called just after 10 p.m. on May 16 to the 4700 block of Guerley Road, police said in a news release. A 46-year-old man was outside a home loading a utility trailer when he was struck by the driver of a white van, who police say fled the scene. Attempts by first responders to save the man’s life were unsuccessful. He died of his injuries at the scene.
16734. LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A crash involving a pedestrian shut down all lanes of northbound University Center Drive after Flamingo Road on Sunday evening.
16735. A driver hit and killed a pedestrian in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, early Tuesday before leaving the scene, according to police.
16736. STRASBURG, Va. (WHSV) – The Strasburg Police Department is asking for the public’s help to find the vehicle and driver involved in an alleged hit-and-run with a bicyclist.
16737. SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (WMC) – The Southaven Police Department needs the public’s help to identify a hit-and-run driver who struck and seriously injured a nine-year-old over the weekend.
16738. A teenager was hospitalized on Monday afternoon after being hit by a car while trying to cross the street, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Police said that the crash happened around 3 p.m. on Monday, May 18 near the intersection of Cottman Avenue and Horrocks Street in Northeast Philadelphia. Investigators reported that a silver-colored 2011 Jeep Liberty was driving on Cottman Avenue when it hit a 16-year-old boy who was trying to cross at Horrocks Street. The driver of the Jeep fled the scene after the crash but a witness followed the car and was able to give police a detailed description as well as the license plate details, officials said.
16739. “We understand that accidents happen — fear, panic and shock can cause people to make decisions they never imagined they would make,” Beck stated. “Carrying this burden in silence only deepens the pain for everyone involved, including yourself. Coming forward now is an opportunity to tell the truth, to show compassion, and to begin clearing your conscience. Angie’s family deserves answers, and you deserve the chance to do the right thing.”
16740. HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Texas is now facing felony charges. Investigators say she left the scene of a crash in Houston that injured another driver. Jennifer Lowery spent over twenty years prosecuting crimes in the Southern District of Texas. The Department of Justice announced her appointment as U.S. attorney in 2022. Now, court documents accuse her of failing to stop and help after a crash that was caught on camera.
16741. MOFFATT TWP, MI — Police in Arenac County are investigating the fatal hit-and-run of a local mother who was killed while riding an e-bike.
16742. A State University of New York (SUNY) Potsdam women’s basketball player was killed over the weekend after police allege an 18-year-old struck her with his car and fled the scene. Emily Mae Smith, 20, of Greenville, N.Y., died early Saturday morning after the vehicle hit her near Pierrepont Avenue in Potsdam, according to a release from the Potsdam Police Department
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.)