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.
8969. Philadelphia, Pa. Oct. 9. Man injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
8970. South Bend, Ind. Oct. 9. 59-year-old man fatally struck by a white four-door sedan which fled the scene.
8971. Fair Oaks, Ill. Oct. 10. 30-year-old woman fatally struck by a gray older model Freightliner which fled the scene.
8972. Biddeford, Maine. Oct. 10. 30-year-old man fatally struck by a pickup truck which fled the scene.
8973. Bronx, NY. Oct. 10. 38-year-old man fatally struck by two vehicles which fled the scene.
8974. Fort Greene, Vt. Oct. 8. Man injured when struck by a four-door sedan which fled the scene.
8975. St. Augustine, Fla. Oct. 11. 16-year-old male fatally struck by a 2003 to 2007 Chevrolet Silverado or GMC Sierra which fled the scene.
8976. Cincinnati, Ohio. Oct. 11. 77-year-old woman critically injured when struck by a silver 2005-2006 Pontiac G6 which fled the scene.
8977. Memphis, Tenn. Oct. 12. 16-year-old girl injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
8978. Doraville, Ga. Oct. 12. Woman fatally struck by a black sedan which fled the scene.
8979. Sugar Land, Texas. Oct. 10. 71-year-old man on bicycle badly injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
8980-81. San Antonio, Texas. Oct. 13. 17-year-old female and 28-year-old male injured when struck by a dark car which fled the scene.
8982. Philadelphia, Pa. Oct. 13. 18-year-old man critically injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
8983. Reno, Nev. Oct. 13. Pedestrian injured when struck by a dark-colored SUV which fled the scene.
8984. Media, Pa. Oct. 14. 38-year-old man injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
8985. Waukegan, Ill. Oct. 14. 23-year-old woman fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
8986. Columbia, SC. Oct. 15. 58-year-old man fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
8987-90. Casper, Wyo. Oct. 14. Four pedestrians injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
8991. San Francisco, Cal. Oct. 13. 60-year-old bicyclist injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
8992. Savannah, Ga. Oct. 14. 46-year-old woman fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
8993. Huntsville, Ala. Oct. 12. 85-year-old woman injured when struck by a black SUV which fled the scene.
8994. Phoenix, Ariz. Oct. 15. 61-year-old woman fatally struck by a 2008 silver Chevy Impala with dark tinted windows which fled the scene.
8995. Riviera Beach, Fla. Oct. 15. Man fatally struck by a dark-colored vehicle which fled the scene.
8996. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Oct. 15. Woman injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
8997. Fresno, Cal. Oct. 16. 9-year-old girl injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
8998. Las Vegas, Nev. Oct. 16. 37-year-old man fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
8999. Bergenfield, NJ. Oct. 10. 74-year-old woman injured when struck by a black Nissan Murano which fled the scene.
9000. Donelson, Tenn. Oct. 18. Legally blind 55-year-old man injured when struck by a black car which fled the scene.
9001. Hockessin, Del. Oct. 17. 51-year-old woman badly injured when struck by a light-colored sedan which fled the scene.
9002. Millbrae, Cal. Oct. 17. Woman in her 70s fatally struck by a white Chevy pickup truck and sedan which fled the scene.
9003. Cincinnati, Ohio. Oct. 17. 54-year-old man on bicycle critically injured when struck by a 2014 Chrysler 200 which fled the scene.
9004. Lafayette, La. Oct. 17. 41-year-old man injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9005. Cleveland, Ohio. Oct. 17. 56-year-old man fatally struck by a 2008 Ford Edge which fled the scene.
9006. Rialto, Cal. Oct. 18. 33-year-old woman fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9007. Greenfield, Pa. Oct. 19. 57-year-old man fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9008. Newport News, Va. Oct. 19. Man fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9009. Fresno, Cal. Oct. 18. 56-year-old man fatally struck by a dark-colored 2000-era Toyota pickup which fled the scene.
9010. Sonora, Cal. Oct. 18. 30-year-old woman injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9011. Crystal City, Mo. Oct. 15. 46-year-old man injured when struck by a 1970s-style pickup truck which fled the scene.
9012. Dayton, Ohio. Oct. 20. Woman injured when struck by a white Cadillac which fled the scene.
9013. Eagle Point, Mont. Oct. 19. 26-year-old man on bicycle injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
9014. Phoenix, Az. Oct. 21. Man fatally struck by two vehicles which fled the scene.
9015. Detroit, Mich. Oct. 20. Woman fatally struck by a vehicle(s) which fled the scene.
9016. Baltimore, Md. Oct. 20. 15-year-old girl injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
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And I quote (I)…
“Pray for Joelei this is my little sister who got hit by a car going through a red light going 45-60. The driver kept driving her blue Malibu or Impala.
“She almost died but is now in stable condition, currently in surgery, so many broken bones, blood. Please pray for Joelei #prayforjoelei.”
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A hit-and-run driver under the influence of drugs struck and killed a 16-year-old girl as the teen handed out literature from her church, Fayetteville police said Monday.
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“We were all good friends with him. He influenced us. He told us keep our heads up and everything. He gave 100 percent in basketball. He was never in last place. He was always pulling us along,” said Trey’s friend, Travis Helm.
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A driver who plowed through a Columbus Day protest Monday night has not been arrested. Police are still investigating the incident.
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A woman struck by a car near Greenfield Avenue and Cesar Chavez Drive is awake, her family told WISN 12 News on Monday morning.
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RICHMOND, Va. – Richmond Police have located the gold vehicle with “666” on the side that is suspected in a Church Hill hit-and-run Saturday that left two teens injured.
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“I killed somebody and I ask for forgiveness,” he told CBS4.
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As detectives continue their efforts to identify a driver who severely injured a woman as he drove away from a collision in August, an impression of the car’s license plate left on the victim’s bumper is giving investigators clues to who the driver may be.
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KALAMAZOO, MI — A 28-year-old Galesburg man who led public safety officers on a pursuit by car and by foot was finally captured when a police dog chased him down and bit him Thursday afternoon.
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“When the kids showed up, his face lit up,” Alma said.
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ROSS TOWNSHIP, Ohio – A hit-and-run driver killed himself Friday after police finally tracked him down two weeks after hitting a teen walking along the road, police say.
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“Next thing I know, I’m lying on my stomach down by the sewer,” said 16-year-old Trace Hollenbeck.
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Oustigoff, a graduate of Siren High School and former Miss Trails of the St. Croix Tribe of Chippewa, is survived by 3 children.
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Six months after the hit-and-run death of well known local florist and musician Barbara “Bobbi” Eddinger, police are still awaiting test results on a vehicle they seized a week after she was killed while walking to her mailbox.
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A 44-year-old man jumped on the hood of a car to stop the driver from the leaving the scene of a crash Tuesday morning in west suburban Riverside, according to police.
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The suspected drunken driver whom police said caused a June 9 accident on Interstate 10 in New Orleans East that killed a 14-year-old girl pleaded guilty Friday (Oct. 14) to manslaughter.
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There is no memorial or reminder of the tragedy that occurred at the corner of James Drive and Travis Road six years ago today when a 9-year-old was killed by a hit-and-run driver, but the unsolved case still lingers in the minds of the officers who responded.
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PITTSBURGH – A driver who ran over a security guard was shot in the shoulder by a second guard as he tried to flee, police said.
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In August, their youngest died after a hit-and-run that prosecutors now consider a hate crime. Larnell Bruce Jr. was 19 years old, black and Latino. Police say a couple with ties to white supremacist gangs argued with Bruce outside a Gresham convenience store — and then chased him with their jeep as he walked away, running him down.
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A good Samaritan found Harbison and called 911. He spent several days in the ICU. He’s home now, but bed-ridden from his injuries and likely will be for months. It’d be easy to hold a grudge, but Harbison said he’s choosing forgiveness over anger. His message of positivity and perseverance comes a day after the Clarksville Police Department announced it made an arrest in the case.
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MURRAY, Utah — A Murray mother is feeling gratitude, anger and confusion after she says a motorist took her 16-year-old son to a hospital and left him on an outside bench after hitting him in a crosswalk Monday morning.
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Upper Allen Township Police charged a Lemoyne man with leaving the scene of a hit-and-run incident in the township in September that injured a 5-year-old girl.
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“We’re just glad that after over 10 months we’re finally going to get justice for our son, our brother,” Smith’s mother, Sue Smith, said as she stood amid a half-dozen family members outside the court.
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St. Cloud Mall Stabbing Suspect was Also Suspect in Hit-and-Run Involving Bicyclist
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BUENA PARK, Calif. (KABC) — Two women were injured in a Buena Park hit-and-run collision Tuesday evening after they interrupted a tagger who was attempting to vandalize a stop sign, authorities said.
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Nearly three years into Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Vision Zero initiative, the NYPD still struggles to hold fatal hit-and-run drivers accountable for their actions.
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WORCESTER – A hit-and-run driver who struck two pedestrians while talking on her cellphone and corralling her dog in February has been sentenced to a year in jail.
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LACEY, Wash. — A 63-year-old man trying to help those in a traffic accident in Lacey on Tuesday was injured when the driver of the causing vehicle tried to flee the scene and dragged the Good Samaritan alongside the van before running him over, the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office said.
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The woman killed in a hit-and-run crash last week in Southeast Portland was a devoted mother who worked to prevent sex trafficking and had adopted and raised her biological niece, her cousin said Tuesday.
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“My son doesn’t know yet. I don’t know how I’m going to tell him. That’s he’s not possibly going to have a grandmother anymore,” she said.
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INDIANAPOLIS A hit-and-run suspect has been arrested one year after a crash that killed a bicyclist.
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Jordan Parsons, the MMA fighter killed in a hit-and-run accident in Delray Beach in a hit-and-run accident last May in South Florida, has been posthumously diagnosed with CTE, according to the Boston Globe.
Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Chicago, Ill.; Norwalk, Ct.; Oak Cliff, Texas; Fairfax, Va.; Denver, Colo.; New Britain, Ct.; Aurora, Ill.; Lower Township, NJ; Burnsville, Minn.; Aberdeen, Md.; Shreveport, La.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Tampa, Fla.; Hazel Park, Mich.; Milwaukee, Wisc.; Waco, Texas; Lexington, Ky.; Mooresville, NC; San Antonio, Texas; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Lynchburg, Va.; Albany, Ga.; San Leandro, Cal.; Hendersonville, Tenn.; South Portland, Maine; Lincoln, Neb.; Durango, Colo.; Bloomington, Ind.; Cary, NC; Baltimore County, Md.; Denver, Colo.; Dearborn, Ind.
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.)