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.
4216-17. Glendale, Cal. Oct. 2. 73-year-old and 59-year-old women injured when struck by a grey or white four-door compact vehicle which fled the scene.
4218. Boise, Idaho. Oct. 4. 28-year-old man killed when struck by a small pickup truck which fled the scene. Driver later arrested.
4219. San Antonio, Texas. Oct. 4. Man injured struck by a truck which fled the scene.
4220. W. Babylon, NY. Oct. 4. 29-year-old man injured when struck by a dark Mercedes which fled the scene.
4221. Newton, Mass. Oct. 4. 87-year-old man injured when struck by a blue Honda sedan which fled the scene. (Update: Arrest)
4222. Holbrook, NY. Oct. 5. 46-year-old woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4223. Manhattan, NY. Oct. 5. Man in his 30s injured when struck by a white or grey pickup which fled the scene.
4224. Suamico, Wisc. Oct. 5. 46-year-old man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4225. Philadelphia, Pa. Oct. 5. 21-year-old woman critically injured when struck by a silver Dodge Avenger which fled the scene.
4226. Redwood City, Cal. Oct. 5. Unidentified man fatally struck by a dark-colored minivan which fled the scene.
4227. Brandon, Fla. Oct. 5. Unidentified woman fatally struck by a Chrysler 300 which fled the scene.
4228-30. Boston, Mass. Family of three, including a young child, injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene but crashed a small distance away.
4231. Sumner, Wash. Oct. 5. 23-year-old woman declared brain dead days after struck by a dark sedan or sportscar which fled the scene.
4232. Seattle, Wash. Oct. 5. Pedestrian suffers life-threatening injuries when struck by a grey vehicle which fled the scene.
4233. Montcalm, Mich. Oct. 6. 32-year-old man on bicycle injured when struck by an older Toyota Camry which fled the scene.
4234. Detroit, Mich. Oct. 7. Woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4235. Benton Charter Twp., Ind. Oct. 3. Woman fatally struck by a GMC Yukon Denali which fled the scene.
4236. Durham, NC. Oct. 7. 58-year-old man injured struck by a white Ford Focus which fled the scene.
4237. Fresno, Cal. Oct. 6. 51-year-old man fatally struck by a 2000 to 2004 Ford F250 to F450 which fled the scene.
4238. Poplar Bluff, Mo. Oct. 7. 26-year-old man fatally struck by a maroon vehcile which fled the scene.
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Press conference today with Senator Lavalle (among others) as well as a few mothers from MADD and some very supportive and important assemblymen and friends.
It will take place near the site of my mothers accident! The law change is necessary. Thanks to all the folks who signed the petition thus far. Made a difference. Keep signing.
www.karenslaw.org
The maximum sentence that Thomas Costa could get would be 2-7 years. That is not enough and not fair. He ran someone over, and she died. He is already a bad seed, he should pay for his consequences. Thomas Costa should not be let free. He should live with what he did, and not get out of jail, with no parole exception, no bail.
Thomas Costa was violating his parole by driving his dad’s car. He violated his parole by driving, and then he hit someone. We need to keep this man off the streets and in a jail cell.
There was a bill introduced earlier this year in 2013, that hasn’t passed yet. It is related to a hit and run in Brooklyn, earlier in march of 2013.
The bill would be a Class B Felony- and would go up to 25 years, which is a very huge difference from where we are at right now, it being a Class D Felony and only 2-7 years.
That bill is sitting in a dusty drawer and no one is doing anything about it.
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The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a $50,000 reward Friday for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the hit-and-run driver responsible for the death of an 84-year-old pedestrian.
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KENT, N.Y.- Family and friends are outraged that the man convicted in the 2008 hit and run death of a Hopewell Junction bicyclist has been arrested repeatedly for drunk and drugged driving since his release from a two year prison term. He was released on $100,000 bond Thursday.
William Mancusi III was arrested last month by Kent police after allegedly driving the wrong way on Nichols Place Rd and then refusing to stop for police. He allegedly lead officers on a “slow pursuit” for for several miles before stopping. Police say a bag he threw out the window during the pursuit contained marijuana. He was charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs, and unlawful possession of marijuana.
Mancussi boasted about his sobriety on Facebook last spring, but in addition to the Kent charges, he faces heroin and hypodermic needles charges in Buchanan after a December 27 arrest. He is due back in court next month, and prosecutors say they will seek a felony indictment for his repeat offenses.
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EDMONDS — Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a pickup driver accused of hitting two pedestrians on busy Edmonds street and fleeing the scene.The incident happened about 2:45 a.m. Sept. 20.
Two people were crossing 220th Street SW on the eastside of Highway 99. They were midway through the crosswalk when they were struck by a pickup, Edmonds police Sgt. Mark Marsh said.
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THOMASVILLE — Police arrested a Thomasville teenager in connection with a hit and run today that left a woman hospitalized with serious injuries.
Brianna Shea Shirah, 17, of 349 Cedar Lane faces a charge of felony hit and run. No bond information was available.
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HAMILTON CO., Ind. (WISH) – Indiana State Police arrested a man in connection to a double fatal motorcycle crash that happened in August.
Michael Percifield, 34, of Indianapolis, was arrested Friday in a Cicero home. He was preliminarily charged with leaving the scene of a fatal crash, a class C felony.
Officials say two motorcyclists were driving at a high rate of speed just before midnight on August 4 on Interstate 74, near Post Road. One of the drivers lost control and crashed. The driver, Devon P. Criswell, 41, of Indianapolis, and his passenger, Jacquelynn M. Lewis, 23, of Indianapolis, were run over by several other vehicles and were pronounced dead at the scene.
The drivers of the vehicles that hit the victims stopped and cooperated with troopers. The other motorcycle didn’t stop.
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An NYPD police officer was drunk when he got busted for a fatal hit and run. Joseph McClean hit a St. George Ferry Terminal dock worker Friday morning, resulting in DWI and vehicular manslaughter charges.
William Hemphill, 51, was getting his morning coffee a little after 6am at the intersection of Simonson Avenue and Richmond Terrace, when he was struck and killed by a drunk and off-duty Officer Joseph McClean. The 29-year-old officer had been with the force for eight years when his 2010 Ford Escape sent the older man off the windshield and to his grave.
The NYPD officer fled the scene, and then returned less than an hour later to take a breathalyzer test, at which point he was recorded as having a blood-alcohol content of.07 percent, just below the legal limit. Joseph McClean, the drunk police officer, was immediately arrested.
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SANDY — Sandy Police want to talk to a man who left the scene after his car struck a pregnant woman Sunday morning while backing out of a parking space at a Harmons supermarket.
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SAN DIEGO — Witnesses to a hit-and-run crash chased down the suspected driver who struck a motorcyclist in Nestor Saturday, San Diego police said.
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Relatives of a man critically injured in a hit-and-run accident last week in St. Paul pleaded Monday for the person responsible to come forward.
“I know how frightened you must feel right now,” said a statement from Sandy Romero, the mother of Wade Souster. “So are we. People make mistakes. Don’t make it worse by hiding or covering it up. Do the right thing. Turn yourself in.”
Souster, 31, was found lying in the median of Phalen Boulevard near North Atlantic Street in the Payne-Phalen neighborhood just before 4 a.m. Thursday.
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