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.
1960. Reno, Nevada. Oct. 13. Pedestrian suffers substantial injuries when struck by a silver or champagne Buick sedan with a white top which fled the scene.
1961. Brownsville, Texas. Oct. 13. Woman injured when struck by a white truck which fled the scene.
1962. Cheektowaga, NY. 62-year-old woman suffers non-life-threatening injuries when struck by a 2003 or 2004 metallic slate gray Chevy Impala which fled.
1963. Bloomfield, NJ. Oct. 13. 56-year-old man hospitalized after being struck by a black Cadillac Escalade which shook witnesses who followed it after it fled the scene.
1964. Waukegan, Ill. Oct. 13. 73-year-old woman struck and killed by a light-colored, full-sized Chevrolet pickup truck with a matching windowless cab over the bed, panel doors on the side and a roof rack with attached ladders, police said. The vehicle’s hood was dented on the driver’s side. UPDATE: Arrest.
1965. Ferndale, Mich. Oct. 14. 38-year-old Detroit woman struck and killed by an unidentified vehicle. “In a release, Ferndale Police Lt. William Wilson said it appeared the driver of the vehicle was not at fault, but still fled the scene. Police said the driver may have panicked urged him or her to contact them.”
1966. Morongo Valley, Cal. Oct. 12. 72-year-old woman suffers major injuries when struck by a black Volkswagen Jetta which fled. “The driver is a Hispanic woman, about 25 years old, 5 feet, 4 inches tall, 110 pounds, with shoulder-length brown hair and wearing a white tank top and blue pants, Officer Joe Zagorski said.”
1967. New Orleans. Oct. 15. 44-year-old man killed after being struck by two vehicles. “One was a white mini van traveling westbound on Claiborne. A description of the second vehicle is not available. Neither vehicle stopped after striking the man.”
1968-71. Charlotte, NC. Oct. 14. Four high School students hurt when a medium-sized blue Honda hit them in a gathering-place parking lot and drove off. “Witnesses described seeing four to five young men in the car that hit the students. They said the hit-and-run was likely gang-related.”
1972. Fresno, Ca. Oct. 14. Man in his late 30s listed in critical condition after being struck by a metallic blue Toyota SUV which fled the scene.
1973-75. Denver, Colo. Oct. 15. One killed and two injured when struck by an apparently stolen car from which the driver and passengers fled in foot.
1976-77. Long Beach, Cal. Oct. 14. Two women hospitalized after being struck by a dark-colored Lexus which took off.
1978. Launiupoko, Hawaii. Oct. 16. 19-year-old woman killed when she was struck by a red 2005 Chevy pickup truck which sent her into oncoming traffic where she was struck by an unidentified vehicle that fled. The Chevy driver stayed at the scene.
Related stories:
And I quote (I)…
Phoenix Police Department Sgt. Tommy Thompson says the victim, James Charles Banks, was riding his bike eastbound, mid-block across 83rd Avenue, south of Camelback when a vehicle left the Circle K store on Camelback and drove southbound on 83rd Avenue, colliding with the Banks on Sept. 24, 2011.
The car fled the scene. Banks was taken to the hospital where he later died from his injuries.
Police say the man in this surveillance photograph is believed to be involved in the incident.
And I quote (II)…
Mike says he was headed home after getting his bike serviced, when a driver struck him from behind and drove off. “Just for someone to do that, I don’t think I could do that to an animal or dog, let alone a human being,” said Sanford.
And I quote (III)…
A man who was critically injured in a hit-and-run crash last week in Chesterfield County has died, police said Thursday.
Police spokeswoman Elizabeth Caroon said Cody E. Wood, 19, of the 5500 block of Marsh Light Lane, was critically injured about 9:40 p.m. Oct. 5 when a vehicle struck him while he was walking in the 12500 block of Old Buckingham Road, near Unison Drive.
And I quote (IV)…
COLUMBUS — The search is on for the person who drove a black Cadillac at a security officer, hitting him outside of a Riverside hospital emergency room late Thursday night.
The Columbus Division of Police is on the look-out for a Cadillac with the Arkansas license plate 3-5-6-R-I-W. They say they’ve tracked down the owner of the car, but no arrests have been made yet.
And I quote (V)…
Mundy Mill High School junior Maurice Freeman told his mother he felt like roadkill.
Family photo Maurice Freeman was hit from behind by an unidentified driver on Hwy. 54 in Jonesboro on Oct. 11, 2011. Police are still looking for the driver of the car.The 17-year-old, who plans to join the Air Force, then an oncologist, was walking to school Tuesday morning when he was hit from behind by an unidentified driver on Hwy. 54 in Jonesboro, not far from the Clayton County courthouse.
A Clayton police spokeswoman said investigators are looking for a burgundy van or SUV believed to have been responsible for the accident.
Equally disturbing is the number of vehicles that drove around Freeman as he lay in the road, said family friend Sasha McCrear.
And I quote (VI)…
A boy is recovering after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Robinson Township last week.
Todd Bregon’s stepson, Corrie, was hit so hard along Silver Lane that he was knocked out of his shoes, the man said.
“Somebody said they heard brakes lock up,” said Bregon. “Before (the driver) took off, he locked the brakes, then accelerated.”
Dealing with a sickening concussion and fractures to his face, Corrie is now on crutches and didn’t want to be seen on camera.
And I quote (VII)…
Billy Chambers, who was convicted as a juvenile in the 2008 slaying of Seattle street musician Ed “Tuba Man” McMichael, was sentenced to nearly 22 months in prison on Friday for deliberately ramming a woman’s car and running her off the road in June.
And I quote (VIII)…
A man whose identity and age have not been released was driving a white Hyundai Tiburon north in the 12400 block of South Post Oak about 2:50 a.m.
As he took the South Post Oak bridge over Main, he hit a median damaging his front left tire, police said.
The victim stopped the car near the top of the bridge to change the tire, said John Cannon, a spokesman for the Houston Police Department.
A woman, who was a passenger in the car, apparently argued with the man about changing the tire in traffic and began walking away. She told authorities the man was kicking the car and the blown tire, then he walked into another lane where he was hit by a van.
The van’s driver stopped, told another passenger in the Hyundai to call 911, and then fled.
Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Palmhurst, Texas; Philadelphia; Hiawatha, Iowa; Richmond, Va.; Palmyra, Pa.; DeQuincy, La.; Denver, Co.; Rustburg, Va.; Janesville, Wisc.; Napa, Ca.; Santa Barbara, Ca.; Mt. Laurel, NJ; Queens, NY; Los Angeles; Tucson, Ariz.; Dallas, Texas; Port Orange, Fla.
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.)