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.
2316-17. Rutland, Vt. Feb. 21. 57-year-old woman killed when, while pushing her disabled 43-year-old husband’s wheelchair, both were struck a dark red or rust-colored mid-sized or tall vehicle. The husband survived. (Update: New wheelchair donated)
2318. Longmont, Colo. Feb. 22. 35-year-old man badly hurt when struck by a gold or silver Chevrolet or GMC SUV which fled the scene.
2319. Gulf Shores, Ala. Feb. 22. 53-year-old retired firefighter critically injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
2320. Jacksonville, Fla. Feb. 21. 54-year-old man suffers life-threatening injuries when struck by a dark green, 1994 to 1997, four-door Honda Accord EX which fled the scene.
2321. Forestville, Md. Feb. 18. 46-year-old woman struck and killed by dark gray, 2004 through 2007 model Nissan Maxima which fled the scene.
2322-23. Burleson, Texas. Feb. 20. Schoolgirls in crosswalk bumped by a silver or gray sport utility or van which didn’t stop.
2324. Rockville, Md. Feb. 25. 24-year-old man struck and killed by a vehicle which fled the scene.
2325. Irving, Texas. Feb. 25. 18-year-old man critically injured by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
2326. Oklahoma City, Okla. Feb. 25. Man in his 20s critically injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
2327. Bradenton, Fla. Feb. 25. Man in his late 40s struck and killed by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
2328. Worcester, Mass. Feb. 24. 24-year-old woman injured when struck by a four-door Toyota, Nissan or Honda which fled the scene.
2329. Albany, NY. Feb. 25. Pedestrian struck and injured by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
2330. West Warwick, RI. Feb. 24. Pedestrian struck and killed by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
Related stories:
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A man who was fleeing from Owasso police on foot after a hit-and-run automobile collision left a 5-year-old boy in a stranger’s yard Wednesday afternoon.
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Safiyah Bankhead, 32, of Overbrook, was arrested yesterday in connection with a hit-and-run accident that left a 9-year-old girl hospitalized on Feb. 14, police said.
The girl was riding her bike in Parkside when Bankhead, of Kimberly Drive near Brockton Road, hit her and sped away, cops said. The girl was taken to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and was listed in stable condition.
Bankhead surrendered to police Monday, but was not arrested or identified until police spoke with her and her attorney after the holiday.
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PIKESVILLE, Md. (AP) — State Police and the Motor Vehicle Administration are urging residents to exercise caution after three pedestrians were struck and killed over the weekend.
Kenny Powers?
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MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) Myrtle Beach Police are investigating a reported hit and run involving a local business Wednesday afternoon, and say the driver later came back to the scene.
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(Broken Bow) – Broken Bow police seized drugs, paraphernalia and more than $100,000 in cash late Monday night after apprehending two men for leaving the scene of a hit-and-run accident in that community.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – Police are looking into a man’s claims that he was carjacked last night by a gunman wearing all black and a ski mask. The victim told police he was heading home in a rented 2010 Chevy Impala when he noticed a man lying in the middle of the road at 3200 Crestridge.
The victim told officers he stopped to check on the man only to have the suspect pull out a gun and demand his wallet and jewelry. The suspect then left in the Impala.
A short time after getting that report, police say they got a call about a hit and run accident less than 5 miles away.
In that incident, a Toyota Camry was hit almost head on by a Chevrolet Impala. The driver of the Impala, only described as a male, fled the scene on foot. Police found the wallet belonging to the man who reported the carjacking, but did not find any cash or jewelry.
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HOUSTON – Talk show host Michael Berry has cut a check to the victim of a widely publicized hit-and-run, Local 2 Investigates reported on Thursday. The $2,000 check came with a letter from Berry’s lawyer, who said that Berry wanted to make it right “if” the victim or prosecutors felt that Berry was responsible for the wreck.
Local 2 Investigates first reported last week that Berry, a former Houston City Councilman, was considered the suspect in a case where a man’s car was hit by a SUV that fled the scene on January 31st outside a gay bar in the Montrose area of Houston.
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NEW ROCHELLE — The family of a 22-year-old woman who was struck and killed by a motorist as she walked across Main Street in New Rochelle on Wednesday night with her boyfriend are making arrangements to have her body returned to her native Guatemala as city police hunt for the driver who struck them but did not stop.
In which some blogger exposes himself as a fucking douchebag who’d sing a much different tune if he was the victim of a hit-and-run…
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Pro Tip: If you drive drunk and hit something, flee the scene
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Brett Bingham points to the spot behind Teske’s Pet and Garden Center in Moline where his friend Matthew Pohl landed on the pavement, after police say he was rundown by a man driving an SUV.
“To hit somebody and just keep going, that’s the worst part of the whole thing,” said Bingham. “I was kind of in shock because I had just seen the guy two days ago and he seemed perfectly fine.”
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GULFPORT — A man accused in the fatal hit-and-run of a teenage girl told police he thought he’d hit a dog the night of Jan. 22, a prosecutor said.
Jermel Maurice Bogan had borrowed a 2007 Chevrolet Impala and failed to return it, and bought a car cover to hide the vehicle’s damage, Harrison County prosecuting attorney Herman Cox said after a preliminary hearing Wednesday.
Elisha Skinner, 15, was found dead two days after she was struck on 34th Street.
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After Timothy Bakdash of Roseville wrecked his mom’s car by striking three pedestrians, killing one – an act the state says was done in anger and with intent – he explained the damage to his mother by telling her he’d hit a deer, a prosecutor said Thursday.
Before the crash, Bakdash’s mother, Diane Bakdash, had been planning to sell the 2004 Mitsubishi Galant to one of her son’s friends, who bought the car for $1,500.
The judge in Timothy Bakdash’s murder trial ruled Thursday that jurors won’t be told that Diane Bakdash had once been charged in connection with the April hit-and-run that killed a University of Minnesota student and injured two others – and that the charges were later dropped.
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Trevor Bradshaw told witnesses he was drunk and afraid when he fled the scene of a December car accident on Demonbreun Street that left two pedestrians dead.
Bradshaw, 23, is charged with vehicular homicide following the hit-and-run incident that ultimately killed Michael Brooksher and his best friend Tommy Allen. Bradshaw’s girlfriend, Erin Brown, is also charged with vehicular homicide, even though she was not driving. Police say Brown, 21, broke the law by giving her keys to Bradshaw, even though she knew he had been drinking and was drunk.
Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Honolulu, Hawaii.; Webster Groves, Mo.; Westminster, Cal.; Bend, Ore.; Fontana, Cal.; Elmira, NY; Plainfield, NJ; Dallas, Texas, Fayetteville, NC; College Station, Texas; Manvel, 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.)