Denver, Colo.
1413. Indianapolis. March 17. 41-year-old man on bicycle suffers head injuries after being struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
1414. Sandusky, Ohio. March 17. 18-year-old injured after being struck by a white sports car that possibly has front-end damage.
1415. Little Rock, Ark. March 17. 56-year-old man fatally struck and thrown 15 feet by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
1416. St. Louis, Mo. March 18. Man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
1417. Stroud, Pa. March 20. 29-year-old man struck and killed by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene. (UPDATED)
1418. West Los Angeles, Ca. March 20. Motorcyclist struck and killed when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
1419. Fort Worth, Texas. March 18. 31-year-old man struck and killed by a silver Dodge pickup which fled the scene.
1420. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. March 18. Bicyclist injured after being struck by a speeding white SUV which fled the scene. “He has a broken knee cap, a broken ankle, rib fractures, he has a large collection of blood in his abdomen,” said James’ girlfriend Kristie Nichols. The injuries will likely keep James, a championship biker, in a hospital bed rather than on a bike for at least a few weeks, Nichols said.
1421. Detroit. March 20. 76-year-old man struck and killed by an SUV which fled the scene.
1422. San Francisco. March 19. 51-year-old man struck and killed by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
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St. Charles police recently found themselves making an unusual arrest at the Kane County courthouse when they say a hit-and-run driver fled the scene to make his court date for previous driving convictions.
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Police are searching for the driver of a limousine in a hit-and-run accident this morning that critically injured a four-year-old boy.
The boy was struck about 8:20 a.m. on the 1600 block of Pratt Street in the city’s Frankford section. The silver Lincoln Town Car that hit the boy stopped for a few seconds then sped away, police said.
The car is believed to be a 2004 model with tinted rear and passengers windows and a tinted sunroof. The first two letters on the plate are believed to be LM, investigators said.
Anyone with information is asked to call 215-685-3180 or submit an anonymous tip at www.phillypolice.com.
Greer
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas mother veered into oncoming traffic and drove into the 15-year-old son of a woman she stole from two years ago, then fled in her SUV before police arrived, authorities said.
Melissa Greer, 40, was arrested at her home Wednesday, hours after a witness says she intentionally swerved across the street, over the curb and into Jason Woodworth, who was walking home from North Little Rock High School, where he is freshmen classmates with Greer’s son. The collision left Jason with a broken collarbone, concussion, and gash in his neck that required 18 stitches, his mother, Roxanne Woodworth, said Friday.
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Three Manhattan Beach police officers were officially fired Friday for their roles in the alleged coverup of a 2010 hit-and-run crash and will no longer earn their salaries after collecting nearly $500,000 while on administrative leave.
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CLEVELAND, Texas—A Cleveland man was charged earlier this week for his alleged involvement in a hit-and-run accident that killed a 26-year-old woman last year. Authorities said 27-year-old Robert Foxworth was arrested and charged with manslaughter on Monday.
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The jury that acquitted Michael Weisz of homicide charges Friday didn’t think he meant to do it when he ran over and killed a security guard at a midtown nightclub, according to one member of the panel.
“I believe it was a tragic accident,” the female juror, a 56-year-old warehouse worker who declined to give her name, said of her fellow panelists’ take on the case. “That’s what it amounted to, a tragic accident.”
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NYC: A pedestrian died and a bicyclist was in critical condition Sunday after they were struck by hit-and-run drivers in separate incidents, police said.
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A 23-year-old Easton woman lied when she told police that her vehicle was involved in a hit and run and then repeatedly called authorities to tell them her boyfriend was wrongly arrested, according to court documents.
Jesica Moscato, of the 2600 block of Peggy Street in Easton, allegedly told police that someone hit her 2000 Honda Accord overnight March 14 in the 900 block of Ferry Street. According to court records, Moscato’s vehicle was damaged, but there was no indication that another vehicle had struck her car while it was parked there.
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Thousands of iPhone users have downloaded an application called “A Note to God” and offered their prayers as its teenage creator, Allen Wright, lay in a coma this past week.
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