NY Daily News picture from scene of fatal hit-and-run in Queens
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.
3453. Huntington, NY. Feb. 13. 60-year-old man injured when struck by a green Jeep Grand Cherokee which fled the scene.
3454. Portland, Ore. Valentine’s Day. Man critically injured when struck by a white box van which fled the scene.
3455. New Orleans, La. Valentine’s Day. Pedestrian struck and killed by a grey Chevy Avalanche which fled the scene.
3456. Queens, NY. Feb. 15. 65-year-old man fatally struck by a dark sedan which fled the scene.
3457. Vallejo, Cal. Feb. 13. 63-year-old man on bicycle fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
3458. Los Angeles, Cal. Feb. 15. 31-year-old man critically injured when struck by a silver minivan, possibly a Honda Odyssey, which fled the scene.
3459. Hialeah, Fla. Valentine’s Day. Man in his 60s injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
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And I quote (I)…
TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Baltimore County police are still looking for a driver who struck and killed a Towson University student nearly a year ago and fled the scene.
Police say Ryan Bailey, 20, of Seaford, N.Y. died March 31. His body was found lying on the sidewalk at York Road and Washington Avenue. Witnesses said an older model silver or white boxy style car hit Bailey and pushed him toward the sidewalk.
Anyone with information is urged to call Baltimore County Police at 410-307-2020.
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RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) – A 31-year-old man has been found guilty of leaving the scene of a deadly hit-and-run accident last summer on River Road in Richmond.
A jury found Elias Webb guilty Wednesday afternoon on a felony charge of hit-and-run causing death or injury.
Police said Webb hit 24-year-old Lanie Kruszewski as she rode her bicycle at night. Webb came forward days after the accident and told police he thought he had hit a deer.
“All I see are years ahead of us without her,” one of Kruszewski’s sisters testified. “We’re all worse without Lane.”
Amish Mafia “star” John Schmucker
In the most serious case, Schmucker is charged with striking a vehicle at a Columbia intersection then leaving the scene before police and medical personnel arrived. He was driving a vehicle, on a suspended license, that belonged to the TV production company, a police affidavit shows.
Schmucker told police “he had things to do and left,” according to the affidavit.
No one was hurt in the crash; both vehicles sustained damage, Breit said.
The first season of Discovery Channel’s series broke network records featuring a gang of Lancaster-based Plain community protectors. (H/T Ryan O.)
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COLLINSVILLE — The man who was found dead in a ditch Wednesday night may have been the victim of a hit-and-run, police said.
Anthony M. Connors, 22, of the 600 block of Camelot in Collinsville, was found dead in a ditch in the 2000 block of Belt Line Road Wednesday evening by a jogger. Connors had apparently been lying in the ditch for several days, in a place where he was not visible from the street.
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FBI reports released by the police at the time the hit-and-run charges were filed say [Arizona Attorney General Tom] Horne left the scene because he was having an affair with a female staffer who was in the car with him at the time and didn’t want the affair to come to light.
Horne has declined comment on the reported affair, but has insisted he didn’t know he had caused any damage to the other vehicle.
And I quote (VI)…
South Brunswick woman gets probation for hit and run accident outside high school
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A woman was killed outside It’s a Grind coffee shop on Pine Ave. near 3rd St. early this morning after a late-night bar argument escalated and moved into the street. She was one of two people struck by a reversing vehicle when it jumped the sidewalk.
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MARQUETTE — The Gwinn man who pled guilty to a pair of felonies after a deadly hit-and-run accident last year was sentenced Friday morning in Marquette County Circuit Court. Luke Huotari will serve 18 months to five years in prison. He was charged for failing to stop at an accident causing serious injury or death.
On July 4, 2012, Karin LaChapelle and her husband were hit by a car driven by Huotari while crossing US-41 in South Marquette on their way to see the fireworks display. Karin died later from her injuries, and her husband was seriously injured.
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A Corpus Christi man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday in connection with an April crash in which he hit a motorcyclist and drove off.
Christian Cardenas, 23, took a plea deal for intoxicated assault with a vehicle and for an accident involving serious bodily injury.
Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Manatee, Fla.; Tulsa, Okla.; Salem, Oreg.; Wichita, Kan.; Olean, NY.
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.)