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.
1628. Reno, Nev. June 11. Bicyclist not wearing a helmet suffers head injuries after being struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
1629. Santa Rosa, Cal. June 12. Man in his 60s suffers major internal injuries after apparently being struck by an unknown vehicle which fled the scene.
1630. Binghamton, NY. June 10. 20-year-old woman suffers non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by a black 2008 Jeep Wrangler which fled the scene.
1631-1632. Baltimore. June 14. 16- and 17-year-old best friends were struck and killed by a vehicle which fled the scene. Inseparable in life, they died nine minutes apart at a nearby hospital. Charges pending against a driver later found with similar damage to the vehicle.
1633. Chicago. June 14. 8-year-old girl struck and killed by a gray SUV which left her for dead in the street. “I just chased the car, waving my hands at the SUV,” said Michelle Lopez, a friend of Crisostomo and a witness to the accident. “They speeded up.”
1634. Prineville, Ore. June 15. 31-year-old woman injured when struck and thrown by a white sedan which fled the scene.
1635. Squirrel Hill, Pa. June 15. Unidentified pedestrian struck and injured by unidentified vehicle.
1635. Louisville, Ky. June 10. 9-year-old boy in critical condition after collision which another vehicle which fled the scene. The couple said at one point, the suspect did approach them before he left the scene. The boy’s mother tells us the man came up to her and apologized and told her he thought it was his fault.
1636. Reidsville, NC. June 16. 10-year-old boy injured after being struck by a dark green Toyota Camry which fled the scene.
1637. Bokchito, Okla. June 15. 29-year-old man struck and killed by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
1638. Charlotte, NC. June 16. 3-year-old boy critically injured when struck by a pearl white or light-colored, 4-door Cadillac, license plate begins with the letters – ZXT, which took off.
Related stories:
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HOLYOKE – Footage from surveillance cameras helped locate a woman police said was driving a car that left the scene after a pedestrian was hit in the crosswalk at Sargeant and Maple streets.
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TOLEDO, Ohio (WUPW) – A man accused of running down another man and allegedly killing him with his van in a gruesome weekend murder at a West Toledo gas station was arraigned Monday in court with his son.
Geoffrey Dupuis, 47, was chained up and sitting in his wheelchair in Toledo Municipal Court Monday morning. He was arraigned on one count of murder in the death of Randall York. The suspect’s bond was set at $1 million.
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HOUSTON (KTRK) — The woman suspected in the hit-and-run crash that led to the death of Houston Police Officer Kevin Will may not have just fled the scene, she may have also fled the country.
Officer Will was investigating the scene of a hit-and-run crash when he was hit and killed by a suspected drunk driver. Now the family of the woman suspected in that first crash say she has gone to Mexico.
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A Chambersburg father said his daughter’s birthday party Sunday was interrupted by a man who screamed racial slurs at children before running him over in a pickup truck adorned with a full-size Confederate battle flag.
“I’m disappointed,” Robert Lesher, 30, said. “My family has lived here a very long time. I couldn’t imagine any of this being tolerated here.”
Meanwhile, the driver called the incident a “freak accident.” He maintains that he was surrounded and attacked by a group of people after Lesher approached his truck and began “running his mouth.” He also completely denied flying a Confederate flag from the truck.
“I’m a country boy. I grew up on a farm,” Tylor Thomas said. “I was raised not to go around that kind of crap. I panicked and I ran.”
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The Chevy Chase woman charged with voluntary manslaughter in a hit-and-run was stopped by police three times before the October incident, her psychologist said in court Wednesday.
Susan J. Fiester, a well-known criminal defense psychologist, said in D.C. Superior Court that Jorida Davidson, 31, was not drunk as prosecutors allege but instead was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder when her Lexus SUV struck and killed Kiela M. Ryan, 24, early Oct. 7.
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EAST SPENCER — An East Spencer man was arrested early Sunday in connection with a hit and run on Saturday night. Timothy Corderius Sims, also known as “Monkey Boy,” was identified by a witness following a hit-and-run accident in the parking lot at 200 Grant St. in East Spencer.
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Troopers say tips from the public led to the arrest this week of a suspect in a hit-and-run accident in January that left an Edwardsville man critically injured. Jeffrey W. Cox, 52, of Quercus Grove Road near Edwardsville, surrendered to authorities on Thursday.
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SALT LAKE CITY — Just over a week after Brynn Barton was hit and killed while riding her bike along 700 East, police are offering a reward for information in the case.
The Salt Lake Police Department is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for hitting Barton, 24. She was killed on June 7, while riding with a group of friends on 700 East near 800 South. The vehicle involved didn’t stop.
Police have described the vehicle as a dark-colored, 1998-2001 Volkswagen Passat sedan. It is believed the vehicle would have received some front-end damage.
Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Chicago; Madras, Oregon; Cleveland, Ohio; Kenner, La.; Canton, Ohio; Salinas, Cal.; Westfield, Ind.; Austin, Texas; New Providence, NJ; Fairfield, Cal.; Capital Heights, Md.; North Bellmore, NY; Dothan, Al.; Los Angeles, Pembroke Pines, Fla.; Louisville, Ky.; Nashua, NH.
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.)
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