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Los Angeles city officials offered a $50,000 reward Wednesday in the hit-and-run killing of a 92-year-old man who was walking in a marked crosswalk. Jafar Amirshahidi was taking a walk Feb. 27 when he was struck crossing Reseda Boulevard at Victory Boulevard, police said. The driver, in what police described as a dark-colored, four-door sedan, fled the scene.
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Mount Pleasant Police Department (MPPD) investigators have been notified by medical personnel that Maurice Edward Allen, 63, of Mount Pleasant died on April 1, apparently from injuries sustained as a result of being struck by a vehicle on March 23.
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An 18-year-old Tamaqua man allegedly involved in a hit-and-run accident that left a borough man seriously injured in late March is free after posting $25,000 unsecured bail following a Thursday morning arraignment in Tamaqua.
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A man driving with an infant and 3-year-old in his car on Capitol Hill on Wednesday hit a parked car, then flipped his vehicle. He fled from police with the children, authorities say.
It gets worse. He was also suspected of driving drunk.
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CLEWISTON, Fla.-On Wednesday morning, friends, teachers and family members of the Doberti Sanchez, 18, gathered at Clewiston High School to remember him.
Sanchez was killed on prom night in a hit-and-run accident over the weekend.
“I love him and I’m going to miss him,” said Gloria Silva, who was in the car at the time of the accident.
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SEAL BEACH, Calif. (KABC) — A Long Beach Fire Department captain is facing charges of driving under the influence and hit-and-run. Seal Beach police said two witnesses followed 38-year-old off-duty Long Beach Fire Cpt. John Hines to his Huntington Beach home Friday afternoon.
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PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon State Police announced Friday that a suspect in a hit-and-run crash that killed a Molalla man has turned himself in. Troopers said the driver hit 67-year-old Thomas Mossman as he was riding his bike along Highway 211 on March 22. Mossman was taken to a Portland hospital, but later died from his injuries.
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A Tustin (Cal.) bicyclist critically injured after being rear-ended by a motorist in a November traffic collision died Thursday after spending more than four months in a coma, police said.
Marco Acuapan, 22, was riding westbound in a bike lane on Walnut near Browning Avenue about 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 when he was struck by a red Ford Mustang driven by Renato Demartino, police said.
Police say Demartino, 65, fled the scene of the crash. He was taken into custody several hours later when officers found his vehicle abandoned in a cul-de-sac on Epping Way and arrested him at his nearby home.
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A girl struck by an elderly hit-and-run driver in Torrance was hospitalized in critical condition, police said Friday.
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The courtroom doors were closed Friday in the trial of 21-year-old Joshua Packer on charges of being involved in a hit-and-run accident, dissuading a witness and battery stemming from a 2009 incident.
Ventura County Superior Court Judge Brian Back ordered that the key prosecution witness against Packer be allowed to testify behind closed doors because he suffers from agoraphobia and severe anxiety disorders, according to prosecutor Anthony Sabo.
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Hit-and-run fugitive asks a favor — and will likely get it
Dyersburg, Miss. suspect
PD searching for driver in hit and run: wtnh.com
CNM student charged in hit-and-run: krqe.com
Video shows woman struck by car: krqe.com
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That is absolutely terrible. Such a terrible loss for so many persons. 🙁