Hit-and-run survivor Karla Yulie Burgon
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.
3245. Port Barre, La. Dec. 15. 58-year-old woman struck and killed by what may have been a light-colored pickup truck which fled the scene.
3246. Fayetteville, Ark. Dec. 15. Man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
3247. Hollywood, Fla. Dec. 15. 60-year-old man struck and killed by a blue Jeep Cherokee which fled the scene; driver later located.
3248. Provo, Utah. Dec. 12. 22-year-old woman suffers fractured skull when struck by a dark BMW SUV which fled the scene.
3249. Oak Cliff, Texas. Dec. 13. 55-year-old man in a wheelchair suffers head trauma when struck by a dark-colored SUV which fled the scene.
3250. Tulsa, Okla. Dec. 13. Man injured when struck and dragged 150 feet by a gray or silver SUV, possibly a Dodge Durango or Nissan Xterra which fled the scene.
3251. Philadelphia, PA. Dec. 13. 85-year-old woman struck and killed by an SUV which fled the scene. Police tell NBC10 that the Grand Cherokee had a Pa. license plate – hxx-4362.
3252. Pittsburgh, Pa. Dec. 14. Woman critically injured when struck by a Chevy Cobalt which fled the scene.
3253. Spokane, Wash. Dec. 17. Man injured when struck by a silver minivan which fled the scene.
3254. Feeding Hills, Mass. Dec. 14. Elderly woman struck and injured by a dark SUV which fled the scene.
3255. Carver, Mass. Dec. 15. 27-year-old man injured when struck by a black, newer model car, possibly a Nissan Maxima which fled the scene.
3256. La Quinta, Cal. Dec. 15. Bicyclist injured when struck by a dark sedan which fled the scene.
3257. College Park, Md. Dec. 15. Woman injured when struck by a gray Honda Accord which fled the scene.
3258. Leeds, Maine. Dec. 17. 13-year-old girl injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
3259. Sunset, La. Dec. 17. Man injured when struck by a Chevy Trail Blazer which fled the scene.
Related stories:
Joseph Hatcher almost died when a driver who was high on PCP ran him down and nearly killed him on a Harrisburg street in January. Yet it was forgiveness, not vengeance, that motivated Hatcher when that driver, Geneia Rice, came before a Dauphin County judge this afternoon.
Hatcher didn’t ask for jail time and Judge Bernard L. Coates Jr., heeding his call, didn’t impose it. Instead, the judge sentenced Rice to 10 years of probation and, as Hatcher asked, gave her a chance to turn her life around.
“In my heart, I really care about this girl, even though I don’t know her,” Hatcher said after he limped to the front of the courtroom to speak to Coates. “I just want to see her get her life together.
“I know she didn’t mean to hurt me,” he said.
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Geneva, N.Y. – A Waterloo man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder following a hit-and-run accident that left one elderly man dead.
Police say 27-year-old Michael Foulkrod of Waterloo was fleeing the scene of a reported assault when his vehicle allegedly hit and killed a 77-year-old man walking on the sidewalk.
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SCHAUMBURG (CBS) — Schaumburg Police have new tips to follow up in the hit-and-run death of high school track star Mikias Tibebu.
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Greenbelt police have identified the victim of a fatal hit-and-run accident Wednesday as three-time Green Party congressional candidate Robert “Bob” Shipley Auerbach, 92, of Greenbelt.
Auerbach, a retired librarian and lifelong peace activist, had been nominated as the 2012 Green Party candidate for the Fifth Congressional District seat, currently held by Steny Hoyer. Auerbach received 1.5 percent of the vote in the Nov. 6 election.
Auerbach won the Green Party nomination for the District 5 seat in 2002 and again in 2004. In 2006, he won the Green Party nomination for comptroller of Maryland, according to his biography on the Green Party website.
He ran on a platform of military nonintervention, sustainable development, renewable energy and election reform, according to his campaign website.
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Her husband, Kevin Buford, grieves “just one day at a time.” Each one of those days is a reminder of all he has lost.
“I can’t even go to restaurants and places I’ve been to because she has always been there with me,” said Buford.
Buford is at a loss for answers, as is the Arlington Police Department, which is still searching for the driver who hit and killed his wife.
“I went down and identified the body and I saw the fear in her face when she saw the car knowing she couldn’t do anything about it and the car didn’t stop,” said Buford.
Since September, police have been searching for a truck they believe to be involved in the hit-and-run, a 2000 to 2005 Ford Explorer Sport Trac.
But since September there have been no new leads.
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A New Orleans man charged in a June hit and run crash that killed an Abita Springs motorcyclist was sentenced this week to five years supervised probation after he pleaded guilty in a St. Tammany Parish courtroom, a District Attorney’s Office spokesman said. Ryan Ashley Lewis, 32, must serve one year of home incarceration, pay a $1,500 fine and make restitution to the victim’s estate, per Judge Reginald Badeaux’s sentence.
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JONESBORO, Ga. — Clayton County police continued their search for a man who they said intentionally ran over and seriously injured one of their officers with his pickup truck.
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The Seattle police department says two of its officers have been arrested for suspicion of a hit-and-run and driving under the influence.
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A 19-year-old woman is facing charges after the car she was driving fatally struck a man in the West Woodlawn neighborhood this morning and she fled the area on foot, police said.
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WILKES-BARRE — A man now faces charges in Luzerne County nearly five months after a deadly hit-and-run crash that killed a 19 year old.
A longtime suspect in a deadly hit and run in Wilkes-Barre turned himself into police Tuesday morning.
Authorities believe Daniel Loughnane hit and killed Rebecca McCallick, 19, in July and then left the scene.
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Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Rufus, Ore.; San Angelo, Texas; Lansdale, Pa; Sedalia, Mo.; Brown Deer, Wisc.; Vallejo, Cal.; Fayetteville, Ark.; Auburn, Oreg.; San Francisco, Cal.
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.)
Hey Brian, thought you might be interested. Check out the Burlington county times december 20th edition online. Score one for the good guys. Two arrested in connection with a hit and run pedestrian crash that left an old timer clinging to life at Cooper.