Philadelphia hit-and-run, suspected vehicle
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.
4105. Philadelphia, Pa. Sept. 7. 9-year-old girl injured when struck by a which driver who dropped her and her mother off at the hospital and then fled the scene.
4106. Philadelphia, Pa. Sept. 7. 5-year-old boy injured when struck by a mid-2000s silver Cadillac which fled the scene.
4107. Hilliard, Ohio. Sept. 1. 44-year-old man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4108. Akron, Ohio. Sept. 4. 58-year-old woman fatally struck by a driver who fled the scene but was later arrested.
4109. Norfolk, Va. Sept. 5. 3-year-old girl injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4110. Lee’s Summit, Mo. Sept. 5. Man in his 30s fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4111-12. New Orleans, La. Sept. 2. 24-year-old woman and 26-year-old man injured when struck by a dark blue Cadillac or Oldsmobile driven by a man in a fedora which fled the scene.
4113. Beverly Hills, Cal. Sept. 5. 33-year-old man fatally struck by a gray or green four-door hard top Jeep Wrangler which fled the scene.
4114. Tulsa, Okla. Sept. 6. Man fatally struck by two vehicles, one of which fled the scene.
4115. Philadelphia, Pa. Sept. 6. 40-year-old woman injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene but driver later surrendered.
4116. St. Mary’s, WV. Sept. 5. 39-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
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From the Increased Penalties Files…
Thanks to a new law enacted Sept. 1, Texas drivers will now face tougher penalties for hit-and-run collisions.
Under the new mandate, failure to stop and render aid is now a second-degree felony instead of third degree. In Austin alone this year, 54 people have been killed in car crashes, and 11 of them were victims of hit-and-runs.
Detective Mike Larosa with the Austin Police Department investigates deadly crashes. He said just recently, a driver slammed into another car after running a red light, killing the other driver. The suspect tried to make a run for it, but an eye witness helped police catch him before he could get too far.
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The Clearwater Police Department said they have made an arrest in the deadly hit and run accident involving a tandem bicycle on the Memorial Causeway on Monday.
Chief Anthony Holloway announced police have arrested 29-year-old Christopher Weed of Dunedin Tuesday night. He says a tip from Crimestoppers and someone on the beach led to the arrest.
Detectives say they found Weed’s pickup truck in his back yard. They say Weed’s story was fuzzy at best.
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LONGMONT — City officials deny that Longmont police officers acted negligently on New Year’s Eve just prior to a hit-and-run crash that left a 16-year-old Denver boy dead after he tried to flee a fight.
“During our review, it was determined that there was no negligence on the part of the city of Longmont employees,” city claims adjuster Kim Brunson wrote in a letter to Kevin Carlock, attorney for Jason Grimmer’s mother, Cara Tedeschi.
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SAN FRANCISCO — A city employee has been arrested after striking and killing a woman with a Recreation and Parks truck Thursday afternoon, then fleeing the scene of the collision, police said.
The woman, who was with her child and her dog at Holly Park in the city’s Bernal Heights neighborhood, was not immediately identified.
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University of Louisville Police officers continued searching this week for the suspect in Louisville football player Lorenzo Mauldin’s Aug. 28 hit-and-run accident.
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Police continue to search for a hit-and-run driver who left a bicyclist seriously injured last month.
Around 1 a.m. on Sunday August 4, 32-year-old Molly Meinbresse was traveling east on the Korean Veterans Memorial Bridge when she was struck from behind by a car.
“I think that person is going to have to come forward on their own, I don’t think the description is enough for us to find them,” Molly said before leaving the hospital on Thursday.
Molly has been through extensive physical therapy and surgeries over the last four weeks. Her injuries range from a broken pelvis, tibia and fibia to some brain damage.
“I had my helmet on and I’m so thankful I did because I think it saved my life,” she adds.
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EAST SETAUKET (WABC) — Suffolk County police are now offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a hit-and-run driver who left a man to die on the street in Setauket.
Police say Joseph Santiago was walking on Ridgeway Avenue around 1:20 a.m. on August 23 when he was struck by a westbound white vehicle that fled the scene.
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Montville — An Oakdale man who served prison time in connection with a 2008 fatal hit-and-run accident was arrested Sunday on a slew of charges, including driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
State police said they arrested Jeffrey Socha, 26, of 3 Ventura Drive, after a motor vehicle stop on Route 32.
Socha was also charged with disobeying an officer’s signal, possession of less than a half ounce of marijuana, tampering with evidence, interfering with police and failure to drive right.
Socha was sentenced Dec. 29, 2011, to six years in prison, suspended after 20 months served and three years probation after he pleaded guilty to negligent homicide with a motor vehicle and evading responsibility in connection with the hit-and-run accident that killed 59-year-old Fu Quan Liu on Route 32 near Sandy Desert Road. Liu was a Mohegan Sun worker walking in a crosswalk when he was struck and killed.
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Wamley was eventually tracked down at a home in Sanford where they found him hiding in the attic. He was arrested, and so was the homeowner, 38-year-old Roger Dale Dean.
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The arrest of a hit-and-run driver offered closure to a Memphis widow.
Ruben Garcia was charged with Malcon Rodgers’ murder nearly two years after his death. Mildred Rodgers has waited 18 long months to hear about an arrest in the death of her husband who was killed as he rode his motorcycle on Third Street near Raines Road.
Police also charged Ruben Garcia for driving without a license. Investigators say Garcia was driving a truck belonging to a home remodeling company truck when he hit Rodgers.
Mildred says she did not think anyone would be arrested after 18 months.
“I was very, very shocked, because I didn’t hear anything about the case for a very long time,” she said.
She says it has been hard for her and her family not having closure.
“It’s really hard,” she said. “It’s almost like someone that left and you don’t know what happened … I’m getting to a place now where I have forgive [the driver] but at the same time I do want justice.”
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