Twenty-month-old Isaac Cruz injured in a Fort Lauderdale hit-and-run.
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.
3755-57. Boston, Mass. May 19. One cyclist killed and two pedestrians injured when struck by separate vehicles which fled the scenes.
3758. Seattle, Wash. May 19. 34-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
3759. Greensboro, NC. May 19. 44-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
3760. Phoenix, Az. May 19. 29-year-old police officer and Iraq War vet killed when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene. (Update: Arrest)
3761. Lauderhill, Fla. May 22. Man in wheelchair critically injured when struck by a black Ford Taurus which fled the scene.
3762. Sacramento, Cal. May 22. 51-year-old man in wheelchair fatally struck by a white, early model (2000) Honda which fled the scene.
3763. Salinas, Cal. May 20. 39-year-old man critically injured when struck by a sedan which fled the scene.
3764. Old Forge, Pa. May 19. 39-year-old man injured when struck by an ATV which fled the scene.
3765. York, Neb. May 17. Woman injured when struck by a blue pickup truck which fled the scene.
3766. Bronx, NY. May 20. 11-year-old boy injured when struck by a livery cab which fled the scene.
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Scumbag hit-and-run driver Erika M. Morset
Police said that the 32-year-old cyclist’s head and neck injuries were so severe from the Friday morning collision that he almost died.
Erika M. Morset, 33, of the 1500 block of Revere Circle in Schaumburg, was later charged with leaving the scene of an injury accident, not reporting an injury accident — both felonies — and with two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence, Police Chief Terry Mee said.
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Firefighter Brad Harper, 23, died at 1:30 a.m. Sunday, hours after being crushed between two vehicles while fighting a blaze in west Phoenix the previous day. Two hours after he died, police Officer Daryl Raetz, 29, was killed by a hit-and-run driver while investigating a crash linked to driving under the influence. It was the first time Phoenix has ever lost a police officer and a firefighter on the same day.
“It is on days like this that we are reminded of the ultimate sacrifice some of our women and men make as they protect our community,” said Vice Mayor Bill Gates. “It is truly a sad day when we must say goodbye to two of our finest.”
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A 29-year-old woman DeSoto woman was struck by a car early Sunday morning in Northwest Dallas after she refused to give a driver her phone number, police say.
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Officials say the pedestrian struck in a hit-and-run accident May 1 died Tuesday evening.
The Marion County Coroner’s Office says David Heady, 47, lost his leg in the hit and run. He was released from the hospital.
Heady’s mother, Betty Carota told 24-Hour News 8 Heady went back to Wishard Memorial Hospital after having severe headaches. He later died from a blood clot at 6:40 p.m. Tuesday.
Police were called to East Morris and South Meridian streets on May 1 after a green BMW hit Heady and then continued speeding away.
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PALM SPRINGS – Police are searching for “a person of interest” in the death of a 29-year-old local man who was killed in a hit-and-run this weekend. Authorities identify him as Eric Strzelczyk, a former Air Force Sargeant from Bermuda Dunes.
It happened on Sunday morning at 4:30 at the intersection of East Palm Canyon Drive and El Camino Real. Police say the pickup driver was going westbound on East Palm Canyon Drive and was making a left turn when he collided with the motorcycle rider. Police say Strzelczyk was wearing his helmet at the time of the accident. The truck driver fled on foot.
“It was a bloody scene, it wasn’t a good scene at all,” describes one of the witnesses, Bryon Wetzel.
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Bridgeport Police are back at it cavassing the neighborhood and asking for the public’s help to find the driver who critically injured a toddler in a hit and run accident last month.
“Hopefully these will work. Last time we didn’t get anything,” said Erica Parmlee, mother of Corey Gordon, who tells was critically injured.
Now, there is a $1500 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Parmlee and the Bridgeport Police went car by car on Madison and Capitol Avenues looking for evidence and at another intersection near the site of the April 30th that critically injured Corey.
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BOISE — A Caldwell man is in jail after police say he hit a cyclist with an SUV, and then left from a WinCo Foods driveway on Monday night.
Boise Police say calls came in at around 9 p.m. concerning the hit-and-run, at the corner of Fairview and Milwaukee.
Authorities received multiple witness statements and descriptions of the SUV’s driver, the license plate number, and the direction the car went after hitting the cyclist.
Officers ended up at the residence of 27-year-old Stoney Lynn Shafer Jr., the registered owner of the vehicle as described by witnesses.
The suspect was found hiding in a bedroom closet of the house and was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident, as well as driving without privileges.
Police say the cyclist, a Boise woman in her early 20’s, was not seriously injured and was treated on scene by Ada County Paramedics.
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The drug and alcohol counselor from Torrance who allegedly ran down a man down in her car and then drove more than two miles with him impaled in her windshield was ordered Tuesday to stand trial for murder.
At the conclusion of a preliminary hearing, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor decided the prosecution had produced enough evidence to warrant trial for Sherri Wilkins.
“Based on the totality of the circumstances, the scene, the statements made by the defendant at an earlier time and her actions after the fact, there is sufficient evidence to hold the defendant to answer,” Pastor said.
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Aaron Rodriguez, the father of the 5-year-old Riverside girl critically injured in an April 22 hit and run, called Tuesday, May 21, to update the story The Press-Enterprise published in the paper today and online.
A family friend had said Carlie still could not speak or use her left side. Aaron said his daughter has actually begun to speak, although her voice gets weak after talking for a while. She is able to speak in sentences and express her thoughts, a great accomplishment for a little girl who was in a coma for a while after the collision.
Carlie also is making good progress on being able to use her left arm and leg.
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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.)