Pagedale, Mo.
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.
3097. Sparks, Nev. Oct. 3. 65-year-old man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
3098. Chicago. Oct. 1. 52-year-old man on bicycle injured when struck by a silver SUV which fled the scene.
3099. Las Vegas. Oct. 3. Woman critically injured when struck by a large car or SUV which fled the scene.
3100. Berlin Twp., Mich. Oct. 4. 48-year-old man struck and killed by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
3101. Clearlake, Cal. Sept. 30. Teenager suffers minor injuries when struck by a older, small, grey or white SUV, possibly a Ford Explorer, which fled the scene.
3102. East St. Louis, Mo. Oct. 3. 48-year-old man struck and killed by a Jeep Cherokee which fled the scene.
3103. Portland, Ore. Oct. 3. 48-year-old on bicycle injured when struck by a silver Subaru or Honda which fled the scene.
3104. Ephrata, Pa. Oct. 4. 17-year-old injured on way to school when struck by a silver four-door vehicle which fled the scene.
3105. Muscatine, Iowa. Oct. 4. 58-year-old man suffers disabling injuries when struck by a white Buick-looking vehicle which fled the scene.
3106. Concord, NH. Oct. 4. Man injured when struck by a pickup truck which fled the scene.
3107-08. Pagedale, Mo. Oct. 5. 4-year-old killed and 10-year-old critically injured when, while crossing street to buy crackers from a gas station, were struck by a light silver or white 2004 Chevrolet Silverado with a silver toolbox which fled the scene.
Related stories:
And I quote (I)…
A pickup traveled in one direction and a car in another as two teenage girls lay dying in the street near a dimly lit north Amarillo corner.
That’s how a witness described the horror that took place Sunday when refugees Irafasha Vestina, 14, and Violette Ntawurusimba, 13, were killed in what authorities called a hit-and-run on North Mirror Street at the intersection with Wichita Avenue.
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The 52-year-old victim was struck by a silver-colored SUV, throwing him into the vehicle’s windshield before he fell to the ground, police said.
The driver got out of the SUV and, leaning over the downed victim, asked “Are you okay?” before he quickly getting back into the SUV and speeding away through an alley, police said.
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Police arrested a man charged in a fatal 2009 hit-and-run in which someone left a handwritten apology note at the scene, authorities said Wednesday.
Bond for Alejandro Garcia, 20, was set at $50,000 on a felony charge of failure to stop and render aid, stemming from the March 29, 2009, hit-and-run death of pedestrian Maurice DeVorn Jones, 34, League City police said in a statement released Wednesday.
Jones’ body was found on the east side of the road in the 1300 block of Dickinson Avenue. Police determined he was struck by an automobile that left the scene.
Police found the note in a ditch near Jones’ body and initially suspected a woman had penned it, based on the handwriting, authorities said.
A break in the case came on July 12, 2011, when someone called with information on the case. Police interviewed the caller and others and filed for an arrest warrant for the third-degree felony.
Police accused Garcia of traveling to Mexico to avoid prosecution. On Monday, however, a Galveston County Precinct 8 deputy constable received a tip that Garcia was at his mother’s house.
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The Kearney Police Department is looking for witnesses who saw a hit-and-run injury accident involving an 11-year-old pedestrian.
At 4:45 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, a white car driving north on Missouri Highway 33 near Boude Street (near Dollar General) hit an 11-year-old girl who was walking, according to Lt. John Stewart.
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As the driver got closer he saw that what he thought was a bag of trash was in fact a human body. He stated the head of the body was close to the double yellow lines, so he turned to the right in an attempt to avoid hitting the body, said Lamb.
The driver told police that he felt the left wheels drive over what he imagined to be the legs of the body.
The pedestrian was later identified as Joshua D. Carroll.
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Vietnam veteran Otis T. Nash thought he was fine after the car he was riding in was struck by a hit-and-run driver last week in Kansas City.
“He wanted to go home to his wife,” said his nephew, Christopher Jones. “He’s got that soldier mentality.”
The hospital released Nash, 61, but the next afternoon, relatives couldn’t rouse him. He had vomited in his sleep. He died early Sunday at another hospital.
Jones said his uncle suffered a head injury, a collapsed lung and internal bleeding.
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A three-judge appellate court panel on Thursday, Oct. 4, upheld the dismissal of an Oakland police officer for misconduct and conduct unbecoming an officer in the handling of a hit-and-run accident involving a former borough firefighter in November 2009.
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Michigan State Police said troopers responded Saturday night to the scene of a hit and run accident with an injury and they encountered Mark Williams, 33, of Petoskey at the scene of the crash, the Petoskey News-Review reported Thursday.
“When we arrived, (Williams) was at the scene in his Batman outfit. He wouldn’t clear the scene and we had a canine out there and he kept screwing up the scent,” Sgt. Jeff Gorno said. “He said he wanted to help us look for the driver.”
“We didn’t want the dog to track Batman instead of the accident scene and he was getting in the way of officers who had a job to do,” Gorno said.
Rosey the Rescue Dog
When a hit-and-run driver in Wicker Park last night narrowly missed 68-year-old radiologist Thomas Anderson but hit Rosey, his 10-year-old black Labrador retriever mix, all he could think of were the two animals he was walking.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Two additional arrests were made Friday in connection to a hit-and-run crash that took a 14-year-old boys life.
Kyshant Moore Jr. was riding his bike on Front Street when he was struck in January of 2011. Police say the suspect was driving a stolen mini-van when he intentionally opened the driver’s side door, striking Moore Jr.
Police arrested Keith Boyd, 53, of New Haven, the father of the juvenile suspect. He was charged with intimidating a witness and conspiracy to do the same. He is being held on a half-million dollar court set bond.
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CLIFTON — Kia Williams’ family still has no answers two years after she was killed by a motorist in a hit and run as she crossed Allwood Road near Clifton Avenue.
Police detectives have not given up and are asking anyone with information to come forward.
“It’s been two years and her family deserves closure,” said detective Sgt. Robert Bracken. “Someone may have seen something or in the last two years, maybe the driver said something to someone” about the incident, Bracken said.
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After an eleven week investigation—yes, investigation—the NYPD arrested Lieutenant Elton Cohn last night for allegedly hitting an 18-year-old woman in Williamsburg when he was off-duty.
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