Hit-and-Run America, Vol. CMXXXV

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.

13228. A 49-year-old Racine man is dead after being struck by a vehicle near Sheridan and Larson, also known as State Highway 32, on Friday, May 26.

13229. Virginia State Police have identified a man killed two days ago just outside of Staunton in a hit-and-run, and authorities are still seeking the public’s help in finding the suspect.

13230. MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A 44-year-old woman was rushed to the hospital after getting hit by a car.

13231. Philadelphia police are searching for a driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run in the city’s Tioga-Nicetown section on Sunday. Officials say a man estimated to be in his 30s was struck and killed on Broad Street near Erie Avenue around 1:30 a.m. The man was rushed to Temple University Hospital, where officials say he died shortly after.

13232. Investigations are underway after a deadly hit-and-run on Gallatin Pike at Due West Avenue in Madison. Metro Police report that Tomas Juarez-Sunun, 23, was crossing Gallatin Pike at Due West Avenue in Madison around 11 p.m. attempting to reach the MapCo in the 1000 block of Gallatin Pike South.

13233. A woman is dead after a driver hit her with their car and drove off in west Louisville on Sunday morning. Investigators believe Charisse Matthews, 43, and a man were crossing a street when a car struck Matthews while the man was able to get out of the way.

13234. Glendale police are investigating what appears to be a hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian dead early Sunday morning.

13235. A 49-year-old woman has died after an SUV hit her while she crossed the street Sunday night in Chicago’s Lawndale neighborhood, and kept going, Chicago police said.

13236. A 20-year-old woman who was headed home from church on Sunday was hit and killed in Capitol Heights, Maryland, by a stolen car with two young people inside.

13237. “Truly a Brady Street icon,” Sara Endries said. “He is the light of everyone who works on this street.”

13238. Officials with the Wichita Falls Police Department have identified the victim of an injury hit-and-run that took place during the early morning hours of May 30, 2023. According to authorities, when police arrived at the 1500 block of Holliday Street at 4:21 a.m., they found Jeffery Mark Cash, 60, of Wichita Falls, laying in the left lane of the road.

13239. Investigators say the driver and passenger were traveling northbound on Calmos Street in a stolen vehicle when they struck a woman who either getting in or out of her car. The driver then struck several others vehicles before coming to a stop. The driver and passenger fled. The woman, identified as 20-year-old Dyanny Leiva Sabillon of Capitol Heights, was taken to the hospital where she later died. The photos released are believed to be of the suspects as they fled the area on foot.

13240. Milwaukee police are looking for the driver and SUV involved in a Brady Street hit-and-run early Monday morning, May 29.  The SUV is described as a silver Jeep Patriot, model year 2011-2017, with damage to the hood. A 41-year-old man sustained life-threatening injuries while crossing the street just before 2 a.m.

13241. San Jose police are seeking the public’s help in finding the driver of a vehicle they believe was involved in a hit-and-run collision that left a bicyclist with major injuries in March of this year.

13242. AKRON, Ohio — A drunken man found injured from a hit-and-run did not realize he had been struck by a vehicle, instead thinking he was hurt in a fall, police say.

13243. San Jose police search for hit-and-run driver who dragged cyclist 400 feet.

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.)

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