The Campaign Hit-and-Run Express?
1022. Twin Falls, Idaho. Oct. 24. 31- and 26-year-old brothers arguing with others and struck by a dark-colored vehicle which fled.
1023. Thousand Oaks, Cal. Oct. 24. 21-year-old man struck and killed by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
1024. Austin, Texas. Oct. 24. 51-year-old man critically injured after being struck by a vehicle from behind while he was on his bicycle en route to work at a shelter.
1025. Kennewick, Wash. Oct. 24. 33-year-old woman hospitalized after being struck by a dark-colored, small SUV which fled the scene.
1026. Texarkana, Texas. Oct. 25. 47-year-old man injured after being struck by a pickup truck that fled.
1027. Henry County, Ga. Oct. 26. 34-year-old motorcyclist seriously injured after being struck by a black Toyota Highlander from which the driver briefly stopped but fled.
1028. Philadelphia. Oct. 26. Unidentified woman critically injured [Update: killed] after being struck by a white Ford F-150 with tinted windows and front side which sped off.
1029. Franklin, NJ. Oct. 26. Bicyclist injured after being struck by the passenger-side mirror of a black Dodge pickup truck. Mirror was found at the scene; driver initially slowed down afterwards but fled. Anyone with information should call Franklin police at (856) 694-1414.
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Political hit-and-run?!
The back of Republican congressional candidate Patrick Murray’s campaign bus swiped a Jeep in Old Town Alexandria last night and drove off without leaving a note, a witness and the Jeep’s owner tell ARLnow.com.
The Murray campaign says the driver left a note. Alexandria Police say they’re investigating the accident as a hit and run, but also say that someone on the bus left a note.
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A 16-year-old scooter passenger, struck by a hit-and-run driver seven days ago in Rockville, died late last night at a hospital, officials said Monday. Police anticipate that charges will be filed against the driver whose Mercedes Benz struck the scooter, a Montgomery County police spokeswoman said.
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WILDWOOD, N.J. – October 26, 2010 (WPVI) — A Wildwood Crest Police veteran has been charged with DUI following a hit and run crash.
Investigators say that on Monday, Oct. 25 that police dispatch received a report that a fire hydrant at Wildwood and Pacific avenues was hit by a pickup truck at 3:09 a.m.
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Carolyn Bianco and Victoria Kirby were inseparable friends for the past 25 years, often going shopping, watching movies and celebrating holidays together.
But a hit-and-run crash killed Bianco, 65, and seriously hurt Kirby seven months ago as the two Fort Lauderdale women were crossing Las Olas Boulevard near Southeast 11th Avenue.
With the case unsolved, no arrest has been made. In an interview with the Sun Sentinel onTuesday, Kirby, 64, spoke about her latest progress in coping with the ordeal.
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An Apopka woman was charged this week with running over an injured motorcyclist in Volusia County a year ago, then driving away, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
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Austin police are still investigating a crash that killed a man at the intersection of Northland Drive and Balcones Drive. They ask for information from witnesses who may have seen a white 2009 Acura run a red light and collide with another car, just after midnight Tuesday Oct. 12.
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The wife of a man critically injured in a hit-and-run issued a public plea Tuesday to help find the driver who left the scene.
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A half-naked Alberta man wanted by police after two vehicles were stolen and crashed in the same night in Langford assisted with his own arrest.
And, in an unlikely turn of events, so did his Crofton mom.
Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Shreveport, La.; Gresham, Oreg.; Evansville, Ind.; Asheboro, NC; Desert Hot Springs, Cal.; New York City; Shelby, NC; Auburn, Ariz.; Pensacola, Fla; Thornton, Colo.; Portland, Ore.; Oshkosh, Wisc.; San Antonio, Texas; Indianapolis; Vancouver, Wash.; Sioux Falls, SD.
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.)