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.
827. Albuquerque, NM. Aug. 29. 17-year-old boy on a scooter fatally struck by a yet-described vehicle which fled the scene.
828. San Marcos, Tx. Aug. 29. Man riding a bicycle with his son struck and injured by a white or silver late-model passenger car which fled the scene.
829. San Antonio, Texas. Aug. 29. 23-year-old woman struck and killed by a white Mustang. “Witnesses tell police they saw the Mustang hit the woman and then slow down as if it was going to stop, but then just kept driving.”
830. Gaffney, SC. Woman hit by car while walking. Details emerging.
831. Bismark, ND. Aug. 31. 76-year-old woman injured after being struck by pick-up truck which fled the scene. “the pickup driver, described as a white man in his 20s, checked on her and got her a towel for her head, then left. Fetch did not get his name or the license plate of the vehicle.”
832. Bernards, NJ. Aug. 31. Woman in her 30s hospitalized with serious head injuries after being struck by an unidentified vehicle which didn’t stay at the scene.
833. Charlotte, NC. Sept. 1. 23-year-old man found dead in the roadway after being struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
834. Philadelphia. Sept. 1. Man in his 60s injured after being struck by a compact car which fled the scene.
835. Chillicothe, Mo. Aug. 31. Young girl waiting for the school bus struck by a four door, mid to late 90s model Chevy, possibly a Lumina from which the driver stopped after hitting the child and then got back into the car and drove from the scene.
Related stories:
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The woman (pictured) accused of driving drunk, hitting and killing a man on a scooter and then taking off has prior convictions for reckless driving, driving with a restrained license and obstructing police, according to court records.
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A Porter County Sheriff’s Police officer was injured Friday in a crash in Liberty Township as he was responding to a hit-and-run accident, the Indiana State Police said.
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Police now say a person they at first thought was killed in a hit and run accident was the victim of homicide. The body was found early Sunday morning near the intersection of Highway 301 and Grove Street in Fayetteville.
Police say the victim may have been beaten to death.
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A pedestrian who was found severely injured on a highway off-ramp in Oakland on Sunday night might have been beaten somewhere else and then dropped on the side of the road, a California Highway Patrol officer said today.
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Georgia running back Washaun Ealey was driving teammate Jakar Hamilton’s car when he hit a UGA Parking Services pickup truck in the East Campus Parking Deck at 3:19 a.m. Friday, according to the incident report obtained from UGA Police today.
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SHAWNEE, Kan. — Prosecutors have charged a local mother with driving under the influence, endangering her children and fleeing the scene of an accident after they said she left her two children behind after sideswiping another vehicle.
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State troopers used a thermal-imaging camera Sunday to find an intoxicated hit-and-run driving suspect hiding in the brush along U.S. 26 east of Sandy.
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A two-vehicle hit-and-run crash on Monday led to Wilkes-Barre police discovering five men were in the United States illegally.
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A Plano man is dead after shooting at a Kendall County Sheriff’s deputy in a hit-and-run accident Friday.
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When Kerry L. Norton pleaded guilty to fleeing after a hit-and-run that killed a Rochester pedestrian, he was promised a prison term of one to three years.
But the deal might be off, now that Norton faces a new charge of driving while intoxicated.
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Maybe the alleged hit-and-run driver thought he had found sanctuary.
Police say the Attleboro man was on the lam in Stoughton when he ducked into a Catholic church, where they found him snoozing on a pew while the priest was celebrating Mass.
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Seneca County Sheriffs had to arrest one of their own after he fled the scene of an accident.
Jason Lanphear, a 2-year member of the Seneca County road patrol, is accused of failing to stop at a stop sign, causing his car to go into a ditch. He left the scene following the accident.
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FOLLY BEACH, SC (WCSC) – A man struck by a car in an August hit-and-run died Tuesday.
According to the Charleston County coroner’s office, 61-year-old Eugene Mathes of Folly Beach died from blunt force trauma related to a hit-and-run on Aug. 8.
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High-profile Seattle attorney Anne Bremner has pleaded guilty to driving drunk.
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The county District Attorney’s office will not prosecute a 92-year-old man who drove away after striking and killing a 15-year-old Vista skateboarder in January, a deputy district attorney who reviewed the case said Wednesday.
Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car … Atlanta; Elmira, NY; Chicago; North Myrtle Beach, SC; Green Bay, Wisc.; Winchester, Va.; Darien, NY; Walla Walla, Wash.; Rockview, Pa.; Seabrook, NC; Albany, Ga.; Atlanta; San Diego; Lodi, Cal.; El Paso, Texas; Sparks, Nev.; Framingham, Mass.
Not a hit-and-run, but wild video of U. of Iowa center Josh Koeppel getting hit by a car …
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.)