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.
2429. New Brunswick, NJ. March 31. 52-year-old woman walking to church killed when struck by a dark-colored Cadillac Escalade or Ford sports Utility vehicle which fled.
2430. Brentwood, NY. April 1. 21-year-old man whose car broke down was struck and killed by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene. “Investigators have not released a description of the vehicle that hit Smith, but video taken at the scene shows one of his shoes thrown in the roadway.”
Matt Coutts
2433. Portland, Oreg. March 31. Woman struck and killed by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene. (Update)
2434. Pascagoula, Miss. April 1. 32-year-old woman struck and killed by an unidentified vehicle which fled.
2435. Ames, Iowa. April 2. 22-year-old man skateboarding injured when struck by a silver four-door Chevrolet Impala or a white of silver Honda Civic or similar model which fled the scene.
2436. Santa Maria, Cal. April 1. Unidentified man struck and killed by a black SUV with chrome rims that was seen leaving the area southbound with its lights off.
2437. Poughkeepsie, NY. March 30. Pedestrian seriously injured when struck by a light-colored SUV which took off from the scene.
2438. Las Vegas, Nev. April 2. Pedestrian fatally struck by a white pickup truck which fled from the Strip.
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And I quote (I)…
SPARTA, MI — In two weeks, Laura Sevigny and her husband are taking their two grandchildren on their first trip to Disney World.
The trip may put a little joy and laughter in two young lives disrupted by pain and sorrow.
Two years ago on Tuesday, their mother died in a hit-and-run crash as she stood along 14 Mile Road NW near Pennington Avenue. She was calling 911 to report she had hit a tree after swerving to avoid a deer.
Today, police are still looking for the driver of a red vehicle, believed to be a truck or SUV, that hit Sevigny, 26, and kept going. Police found paint flecks on her clothing.
And I quote (II)…
A Morris County man who was thrown more than 100 feet in a hit-and-run last month died from his injuries this afternoon, North Bergen police confirmed tonight.
Omar Monroig, of Butler, who turned 42 just two days before the accident, died at 4:30 p.m. at Hackensack University Medical Center, police said. The championship bodybuilder was rushed there after he was struck on Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen while crossing the four-lane road at 51st Street at 11:45 p.m. on March 24.
And I quote (III)…
A seven-year-old girl was killed after a hit-and-run in Tuscaloosa County.
It happened in Northport on Saturday. Police say a mother and her two children traveled from Eufala to Tuscaloosa County to see the Regional Air Show.
They were walking to the Kentuck Park in Northport when a truck ran off the road and hit the mother and her two children. The seven-year-old girl died at the scene. The mother and her other two-yearold child were taken to DCH hospital in Tuscaloosa.
And I quote (IV)…
Police had probable cause to arrest two men they suspected of a hit-and-run involving a teenager who happened to be a cop’s son, a federal judge ruled. But the officers cannot dismiss claims that they used excessive force by allegedly grabbing one man by the throat and calling him a “cocky bitch.”
And I quote (V)…
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Lower Paxton Township Police are investigating a man being held at gunpoint in the Eagle Crest Apartments.
On early Saturday morning a resident reported that he had been visiting a relative in the complex when he left to get something to eat. Just outside the complex on Old Union Deposit Road, the victim’s vehicle was struck by a blue Saturn Vue that did not stop.
The victim followed the striking vehicle onto Eaglecrest Road, where he confronted the driver about hitting him and told him that he was calling the police.
Police said the driver followed the victim into one of the apartment stairways with a handgun. In a common hallway of the building, the male grabbed the victim from behind, put him up against a wall and held a handgun to the victim’s head telling him that he would kill him if he did call the police.
And I quote (VI)…
FOND DU LAC — A former Fond du Lac police officer who resigned following allegations that he was involved in a hit-and-run crash while driving drunk will receive almost $12,500 after being placed on paid administrative leave.
Even though Kyle Strands, 34, announced his resignation in mid-March, it will not be effective until April 30, Assistant City Atty. Chad Wade said.
And I quote (VII)…
Hit-and-run crashes increased in Central Florida in the past four years and the incidents — which occur with regularity — present challenges for state troopers even when they find the offending vehicle.
“We see an average of 20 to 25 hit and runs a day in Central Florida,” said Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Kim Montes. “And those are just the ones that the Florida Highway Patrol handles.”
And I quote (VIII)…
CARMICHAEL— The man who claims to be the tipster that lead CHP to the location of an SUV wanted in a deadly hit and run says he wasn’t trying to get anyone in trouble but simply doing what he felt he had to do.
“I felt so bad for the families involved, that is not the way to go out, and the other guy is mangled in the hospital,” he told FOX40.
The hit and run case that left Paul Pellandini dead outside of his Arden Arcade home and his friend Bill Collins seriously hurt, had gone cold until CHP received the tip.
Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Sunnyvale, Cal.; Lyon County, Ky.; Durham, NC; Cobb County, Ga.; Belvidere, Ill.; St. Louis, Mo.; Salisbury, NC.
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.)