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.
1252. Miami. Jan. 17. 38-year-old man wearing a bright yellow reflective vest hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
1253. Fairfield, Ct. Jan. 15. 17-year-old girl injured after being struck by an unidentified car that fled.
1254. Chicago. Jan. 17. Man on his 40s riding a bicycle found dead by a snowplow operator after he was apparently struck by a vehicle which fled.
1255. Troy, Mich. Jan. 19. 76-year-old man struck and killed by a dark-colored pickup truck which fled the scene.
1256. Gilroy, Cal. Jan. 18. Young girl hospitalized with injuries that are significant but not believed to be life-threatening after being struck by a dark-colored SUV or minivan which fled.
1257. Batavia, NY. Jan. 18. 16-year-old girl struck by a dark colored ‘‘old style’’ sports car which took off from the scene.
1258. Glendale, Az. Jan. 20. Bicyclist hospitalized after being struck by a small, black vehicle which fled.
1259. Sedona, Ariz. Jan. 19. 62-year-old man injured after being struck by a white, two-door sport utility vehicle, an 80s or 90s model, which fled the scene.
1260. Silver Spring, Md. Jan. 21. Bicyclist hospitalized after being struck by an undescribed vehicle which fled the scene.
1261. Rehoboth Beach, Del. Jan. 20. 53-year-old female pedestrian hospitalized after being struck by a light-colored vehicle who fled after the accident.
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Leonard Cunningham never knew his father. So the young man known for his huge smile wanted to be a preschool teacher, so he could help mentor children and touch their lives, his best friend said Monday.
Cunningham, 33, was heading toward that goal. He was close to getting his associate degree at Mesa College, where he was on the dean’s list, and he also worked as a project manager in security at Oracle Corp., where he had recently been promoted, friend Patti Tran said.
He was struck by a car Friday night while crossing Balboa Avenue near Mount Alifan Drive in Clairemont and killed.
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Two recent fatal hit-and-run accidents in West L.A. have prompted police to ask for help finding the drivers.
Across the Southland, hit-and-runs occur every week.
“Unfortunately, these kind of accidents happen all too often,” said LAPD Detective Alasea May-Jackson. “It’s rare to have an actual fatal hit-and-run traffic accident.”
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Cathedral City police released a description of the car believed to be the one that struck and killed former Iggy Pop drummer Alex Kirst.
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DENVER – He lost his leg in a hit-and-run accident and on Tuesday, Keino Taylor was released from the hospital.
Taylor says he can’t put into words how happy he is to go home and move on with his life.
The hit-and-run happened on the night of Dec. 16 when Taylor was trying to help his friend tow her car on Pena Boulevard.
A month later, police still have not found the suspect.
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CLIFTON HEIGHTS — A borough officer suffered a leg injury attempting to subdue an alleged hit and run drunk driver, police said. Five-year veteran Officer James Press was in pursuit of a motorist who struck a sign in front of the police station and sped off at 11 p.m. Jan. 15 at 30 S. Springfield Road.
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SAN JUAN, Texas – Making an arrest in a hit-and-run investigation isn’t always easy. Usually, it’s very tough. Hit-and-run cases can be like an impossible puzzle for police.
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The family of a young Valley victim says they are a step closer to closure after Harlingen police made an arrest in a hit-and-run accident.
Oscar Resendez says he wants justice served. Someone put his 13-year-old son in the hospital a month ago. Oscar Resendez Jr. is still fighting to recover. News of an arrest brings some relief for the Resendez family.
“Why didn’t you stop?”
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BALLSTON SPA — A Ballston man who stands accused of helping to conceal evidence related to a fatal hit-and-run that occurred 10 months ago in Saratoga Springs will be back in Saratoga County Court on Thursday.
Jeffrey Hampshire, 29, was put on trial in November, but a mistrial was declared after a police investigator disclosed during testimony that Hampshire had been investigated for an unrelated incident that did not lead to an arrest.
Hampshire is accused of helping Travis Carroll hide the broken windshield of Carroll’s car after Carroll struck 27-year-old Saratoga Springs resident Ryan Rossley with the vehicle after a late-night melee in downtown Saratoga Springs.
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ALTON – Police have yet to determine who hit an avid bicyclist late Jan. 13 as he rode north on Seminary Street, with the motorist driving off and leaving the victim behind with broken bones and lacerations.
“He doesn’t remember being hit by a car, but there were car parts left behind,” said Sgt. Richard Gillespie, supervisor of the Alton Police Department’s Traffic Division. “We don’t know what direction the car was traveling or how fast it was traveling.”
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A northwest Indiana man unhappy that his girlfriend was seeing another man has been charged with murder after fatally striking the other man with a car as he and the woman walked hand-in-hand Sunday, prosecutors allege.
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A Baltimore jury has awarded an aspiring boxer more than $113,000 in damages and medical expenses after a hit-and-run by an unmarked police vehicle in 2009, according to his attorney.
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The protests are the latest development in a long-running dispute between some residents and police over the use of the checkpoints, which the department has said it has ramped up in recent years to curb hit-and-run crashes.
Critics say they disproportionately affect illegal immigrants, most of whom are Latino and barred by state law from applying for driver’s licenses. During the Jan. 1 checkpoint, police found nine people driving without a license.
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The Reading woman who became an Internet sensation by falling into a fountain while sending a text on her cell phone was in Berks County Court on Thursday for a status hearing on theft and related charges.
Cathy A. Cruz Marrero, 49, was charged in October 2009 for using a co-worker’s credit cards to make more than $5,000 in purchases at two local stores.
But $1,055 of those purchases were dismissed from the case in previous hearings.
She also has several theft cases and a hit-and-run charge on her record.
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By Sam Wood
Inquirer Staff Writer
Anthony Breslin lay in the street early Monday, critically injured, after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Northeast Philadelphia.
It was 3:30 when two Good Samaritans spotted Breslin in the road and rushed to help. As the 23-year-old told the pair that he had been hit by a vehicle, a silver Nissan was speeding south down Frankford Avenue, police said.
The Nissan blew through the intersection at Benson Street, police said. The Good Samaritans scrambled out of the way. Breslin could not.
After running over him, the Nissan sped away. Medics took Breslin to Aria Health-Torresdale Campus, where he was pronounced dead at 4:49, police said.
Now investigators are asking for help in bringing two hit-and-run drivers to justice.
Little is known about the first car to hit Breslin. Other than the model and color, not much more is known about the second.
Anyone with information is being asked to call accident investigators at 215-685-3180.
Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Concord, Cal. (with a wasn’t-me response); Superior, Minn.; Yuma, Az.; Windham, Maine; Charlotte, NC; El Paso, Texas; Sabine Parish, La.; Russell, NY; Hanover Twp., Pa.; Nimitz, Hawaii; Baltimore; Manhattan Beach, Cal, Austin, Texas.
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.)