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.
1383. Raleigh, NC. March 8. 17-year-old girl injured when struck by a red sedan which fled the scene.
1384. Rumford, Maine. March 7. 26-year-old man injured when struck by a dark-colored vehicle, possibly a Chevy Cavalier, which fled the scene.
1385. Walker Twp., Pa. March 8. 82-year-old woman leaving a church meeting injured when struck by a white Nissan sedan which fled the scene.
1386. Phoenix. March 10. 10-year-old boy killed when struck by a white pickup truck which left him to die in the street.
1387. Nanticoke, Pa. March 8. 84-year-old man struck by an undescribed vehicle which fled the scene.
1388. Gloucester City, NJ. March 11. 20-year-old woman standing next to her disabled SUV critically injured when struck by Chevrolet Uplander from 2005 to 2009; the vehicle’s color could not be determined from the pieces left behind. (Update No. 1: Condition improving) (Update No. 2: Arrest.)
1389. Aurora, Colo. March 10. 16-year-old suffers leg injury when struck by a car which fled the scene.
1390. Emporia, NY. March 10. 48-year-old man walking his dog injured when struck by a dark-colored truck similiar to a Ford F-150 which fled the scene.
1391. Knoxville, Tenn. March 10. 6-year-old child injured when struck by the mirror of a teal-green Pontiac Bonneville which fled the scene.
1392. Antrim Twp., Pa. March 10. 61-year-old man on bicycle injured when struck by an undescribed vehicle which fled the scene.
1393. Louisville, Ky. March 11. 33-year-old man struck and killed by a red pickup which stopped at the scene but another vehicle which did not.
1394. Washington, D.C. March 12. 55-year-old man in motorized wheelchair on or near the crosswalk struck and killed by a four-door Honda or Lexus, then drove away which fled the scene.
1395. Boston. March 12. 42-year-old woman suffers life-threatening injuries when struck by an unknown vehicle, possible cream-colored, which fled the scene.
1396. Bradenton, Fla. March 12. 5-year-old boy airlifted to hospital after being struck by a green Nissan truck which fled the scene. (Update: Arrest.)
1397. City Heights, Cal. March 13. 6-year-old boy hospitalized after being struck by a dark blue, small, two-door car which fled the scene.
1398. Denver, Co. March 13. 12-year-old boy injured when struck by a blue sedan which took off from the scene. “Boom!” was how one witness described the blue Chevrolet sedan knocking down the boy in the crosswalk. Witnesses chased the driver down.
1399. Toledo, Ohio. March 12. Woman suffers minor injuries after being struck by an undescribed car.
1400. Jackson, Miss. March 12. 5-year-old girl critically injured after being struck by a gold car which fled the scene.
1401. Fargo, ND. March 12. Man injured when struck by a red pickup truck which fled the scene.
Related stories:
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Four Milwaukee police officers have been suspended for failure to fully investigate the hit-and-run crash that killed Navy veteran Nicholas Rozanski last fall, according to the Milwaukee Police Department.
Britney M. Wilkinson, 24, of Milwaukee, the driver of the car that collided with Rozanski’s moped, was allowed to plead no contest to two misdemeanors last month because Assistant District Attorney Mark Williams feared the substandard police work would make it difficult to prove a felony at trial.
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Manchester, N.H. Police said two strangers got into a fight over a parking space and then one of the men threatened the other with a crowbar before hitting him with his car and taking off.
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Solih Birka Tufa, a 23-year-old Portland State University student, was sentenced Wednesday to 60 days in jail for a Jan. 5 hit-and-run that injured a woman who was nearly seven months pregnant.
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BERKELEY — Police are turning to the public for help in the investigation of a hit-and-run that sent a 68-year-old township woman to the hospital and killed her dog.
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The father of a 6-year-old Jersey City boy (PICTURED) who remains hospitalized after being struck in a hit-and-run accident on Monday says he’d appreciate even an anonymous apology from the driver.
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The driver and the passenger of the pickup truck fled on foot in different directions. Officers, using witnesses’ description, tracked down a suspected driver about a quarter mile from the scene. The man was hiding atop a motor home parked inside a private car port, investigators said.
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Accused murder Eric Dee Abshire will receive court-funded expert witness assistance worth up to $14,000 as his court-appointed attorney prepares to defend him at an October jury trial.
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Police are investigating a bus driver’s hit-and-run claim after a horrific bus crash that killed 14 passengers and injured 18 others, officials said on Sunday.
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Investigators in southern Kentucky say they’ve recently gotten solid information on a hit-and-run that killed a man and his 3-year-old stepson late last year.
Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Corpus Christi, Texas; Mebane, NC; Huntington Beach, Cal.; Vallejo, Cal.; Lexington, NC; Corbin, Texas; Gainesville, Ga.; Newport Beach, Va.; Quincy, Mass.; Arlington, Va.; Roxbury, Mass.; Milford, Del.; Bristol, Ind.; Fremont, Neb.; Alpha, Pa.; Ridley Twp., Pa.; Patton Twp., Pa.; Chicago; Olympia, Wash.; Houston; West Palm Beach, Fla.
Shocking Hit-and-Run Caught on Tape: MyFoxDFW.com
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.)