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.
3939. Memphis, Tenn. July 14. 15-year-old boy on bicycle fatally struck by a gold SUV with tinted windows and white lettering across the back windows which fled the scene.
3940. Frankford, Del. July 16. 38-year-old man riding a bicycle injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
3941. Hoboken, NJ. July 12. 33-year-old woman injured when struck by a blue or grey SUV which fled the scene.
3942. Norman, Okla. July 16. 79-year-old man suffers critical injuries when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
3943. Woodbridge, Va. July 16. 21-year-old man injured when struck by a newer-model dark Chevy sedan which fled the scene.
3944. Fayetteville, Ark. July 17. Unidentified man killed when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
3945. San Francisco, Cal. July 16. 59-year-old woman suffers life-threatening injuries when struck by a dark-colored vehicle which fled the scene.
3946. Chicago, Ill. July 18. 77-year-old man struck and killed by a dark-colored, two-door Mercedes C230 which fled the scene.
3947. Riverhead, NY. July. 26-year-old woman fatally struck by a 2000 Cadillac Deville which fled the scene.
3948. Boise, Idaho. July 18. 15-year-old boy injured when struck by a white SUV which fled the scene.
3949. Lawton, Okla. July 18. Jogger injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
3950-53. Philadelphia, Pa. July 16. 28-year-old woman and her 7-month, 23-month and 4-year-old sons were killed by an allegedly drag-racing vehicle which fled the scene and was later apprehended, along with a second vehicle.
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Stacia Parlanti, 35, was killed on March 30th when she was hit near the intersection of Mahoney and Black Road.
Parlanti was five months pregnant with a boy.
The Santa Maria Police Department’s traffic supervisor says there were no witnesses and no significant evidence left at the scene that could help investigators determine to what happened there the night Parlanti was killed.
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WACO (July 16, 2013)—David Means, 19, was in custody Tuesday, charged with one count of attempted murder and three counts of aggravated assault in a hit-and-run after Waco’s annual Fourth on the Brazos celebration that left a man with life-threatening injuries.
The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested Means Tuesday in Bell County.
He was in the Bell County Jail Tuesday afternoon in lieu of bonds totaling $600,000.
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CAHOKIA, IL (KTVI)– Police are searching for a teen believed to be connected in the hit-and-run death of a Cahokia boy last Thursday.
Nine-year old Fabian Teson died of his injuries after he was hit while riding his bike.
Right now investigators are looking for 17-year-old Kevin Powell. At this point he’s only a person of interest. Sheriff Watson also says they found a car at Laclede’s Landing in St. Louis that could be part of the incident.
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LILBURN, Ga. — Police are still looking for the driver of a white commercial truck that struck Sherill Watson in March at the intersection of Lavista and Montreal roads.
Watson, 55, emerged from a coma, but is now in hospice care.
A police spokesperson told Channel 2 Action News the detective assigned to the case spent the day in training and wasn’t able to provide an update on the investigation.
“She only has like a couple of weeks left,” said a Sherril Watson’s niece, Alicia Watson. “It makes me angry. It makes me very, very angry because how could you hit somebody and just leave the scene of an accident?”
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The man accused of driving drunk and critically injuring a Cherokee County woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday in an Athens courtroom.
William Wilson Heaton Jr., 23, is accused of striking Emily Bowman, then 19, in February as she walked with friends. Heaton allegedly did not stop after hitting Bowman, but his pickup truck was later located at a nearby apartment complex, police previously said. An open bottle of alcohol was found inside the truck’s cab and beer cans were in the back, according to police.
Bowman underwent emergency brain surgery after the crash and was in a coma for three weeks before being transferred to the Shepherd Center in Buckhead. Earlier this month, Bowman returned to her Cherokee County home, where she requires constant care.
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MYRTLE BEACH — Charges against a Loris man were upgraded Tuesday evening after a bicyclist, who was hurt in a crash on Ocean Boulevard involving the men nearly a week ago, died, according to authorities.
James Junior Littles, 46, was charged with hit and run in an accident with death and surrendered to Myrtle Beach police about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, according to an arrest report. At 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Littles remained at the Myrtle Beach Jail pending a bond hearing.
The charges were upgraded after the 75-year-old victim in the crash, Jimmy Ray Westmoreland, died at 7:49 p.m. July 12 from a head injury due to blunt force trauma, Horry County Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard said.
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Lake Zurich police again are seeking the public’s help in finding the driver in a hit-and-run crash that killed a teenage girl while she walked to Alpine Fest two years ago.
Police Cmdr. David Bradstreet said two large banners will go up off north- and southbound Church Street, calling attention to the crash that claimed the life of Gabriella Drozdz, 18, and injured two other teenage girls about 9:15 p.m. on July 22, 2011. Police made a similar effort last year.
Bradstreet said the campaign is designed to coincide with this weekend’s Alpine Fest, starting Friday at Lion Fred Blau Park in downtown Lake Zurich, so visitors will be reminded of the tragedy and that the driver remains at large. The same banner used by police has been placed by Drozdz’s family near St. Francis de Sales Parish at Buesching Road and Route 22 in Lake Zurich.
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Waco police arrested a 24-year-old man Thursday afternoon with felony warrants related to an alleged hit-and-run wreck that left a 73-year-old woman in critical condition.
Justin Toyin Onalaja faces two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon causing bodily injury and two counts of failure to stop and render aid in the June 10 incident in South Waco.
Warrants for his arrest in the wreck, which occurred at South 12th Street and James Avenue, were issued last week, but Onajala was “not cooperating with law enforcement to turn himself in,” said Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton. He was arrested without incident at his home around 1:20 p.m.
Two women were injured in the wreck: 26-year-old Patricia Melendez, who was treated at a local hospital and released, and 73-year-old Irene Ramos, who is in an “unconscious state” and will be transferred to a nursing home, officials said.
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A Gwinnett County man with a history of arrests is jailed on charges that he killed a mother and daughter in a drunken hit-and-run with his pickup truck.
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A woman who was the victim of a June 23 hit and run on Long Island died from her injuries Wednesday.
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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.)