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. After a respite from keeping the list, it restarted in January 2019, highlighting one case a day. If there’s a case you’ve seen that deserves highlighting, drop me a line at hickey@brianphickey.com.
13445. Durango police are looking for two suspects after they located a pickup truck in connection to a hit-and-run. A statewide Medina Alert was issued in the case over the weekend.
13446. Chicago police are sharing a surveillance photo of a car wanted in a hit-and-run accident that seriously injured a 70-year-old pedestrian in the city’s West Englewood neighborhood.
13447. A man is in the hospital with major injuries after getting hit by a car, according to the Bakersfield Police Department.
13448. According to Roswell police, a vehicle hit a pedestrian around Monday morning near South Main Street and Burkett Road in south Roswell. When police responded around 1:20 a.m., a 21-year-old woman was found dead on the road.
13449. CATONSVILLE, Md. — A 75-year-old man has died nearly three weeks after being struck by two cars while crossing Rolling Road.
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13451. “Pueblo Police were dispatched to St. Clair Ave and Prairie Ave on reports of a hit and run involving a pedestrian,” part of a social media post by Pueblo Police reads. “Dispatch aired that a male was run over by a white truck. The adult male victim was transported to an area hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.”
13452. A University of Louisville dental school student was killed in a deadly hit-and-run in the Butchertown neighborhood Sunday morning.
13453. ‘Still out there’: Suspect sought in Capitol Hill hit-and-run that killed 18-year-old.
13454. A woman was killed in a hit-and run crash while crossing the street in Uptown Tuesday night, Chicago police said.
13455. Chavis said, “I said hey, there is an accident behind us. I said I think there is a gentleman deceased lying in the ditch right there. Can you help us? And, he kind of leaned out of the window and looked at me and my son. I couldn’t see his face clearly because it was dark, a very dark area. And his words were, ‘Honestly, there’s nothing I can help you with.’ I said some words to him, and I backed up and went back to the scene and he was gone.”
13456. Police in Boston are getting a clearer look at what kind of car is suspected of hitting and killing a little boy in Hyde Park last week, and investigators hope that a new photo of the vehicle will help to lead them to the driver.
13457. LAKE CHARLES, La. — On Friday, July 21, 2023, at about 11:30 pm, Lake Charles Police responded to the 4100 block of 5th Avenue for a report of a 4-year-old who had been hit by a vehicle.
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.)