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.
7890. Richmond, Va. Feb. 20. Man fatally struck by a black vehicle which fled the scene. (Update: Arrest)
7891. Chicago, Ill. Feb. 20. 35-year-old man fatally struck by a dark-colored vehicle which fled the scene.
7892. Goodyear, Ariz. Feb. 20. 14-year-old male injured when struck by a black Chevy Silverado which fled the scene.
7893. Louisville, Ky. Feb. 21. Man injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
7894. Wyandanch, NY. Feb. 20. Pedestrian injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
7895-96. San Diego, Cal. Feb. 20. 10- and 12-year-old girls injured when struck by a Toyota Tercel which fled the scene; driver later IDd.
7897. Erie, Pa. Feb. 21. 45-year-old woman injured when struck by a dark pickup truck which fled the scene.
7898. San Antonio, Texas. Feb. 21. Woman in her 20s injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
7899. Panama City, Fla. Feb. 21. Pedestrian injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
7900-04. New Orleans, La. Feb. 21. Five pedestrians injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; driver arrested shortly thereafter.
7905. Fall River, Mass. Feb. 21. Man in his 30s injured when struck by a green Lincoln Continental which fled the scene.
7906. Las Vegas, Nev. Feb. 21. 64-year-old male badly injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; driver later arrested.
7907. Kansas City, Mo. Feb. 21. Man injured when struck by a red SUV which fled the scene.
7908. Boulder, Colo. Feb. 21. Bicyclist injured when struck by a black sports car which fled the scene.
7909. Miami-Dade, Fla. Feb. 22. 15-year-old male injured when struck by a newer-model silver Mercedes which fled the scene. (Update: Arrest)
7910. Southfield, Mich. Feb. 23. Woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
7911. Upper Milford Twp., Pa. Feb. 23. 48-year-old bicyclist fatally struck by a Jeep Cherokee which fled the scene.
7912. Terre Haute, Ind. Feb. 22. Pedestrian injured when struck by a small red passenger car which fled the scene.
7913. Milwaukee, Wisc. Feb. 22. 35-year-old man fatally struck by a truck which fled the scene.
7914-15. Anderson County, SC. Feb. 24. Two pedestrians injured when struck by a burgundy 2000-2006 Toyota Corolla 4-door which fled the scene.
7916. Chocolay, Mich. Feb. 22. Pedestrian injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
7917. Ypsilanti, Mich. Feb. 23. 44-year-old man injured when struck by a U-Haul which fled the scene.
7918. Knoxville, Tenn. Feb. 22. Woman on bicycle injured when struck by a green SUV which fled the scene.
Related stories:
And I quote (I)…
MISHAWAKA — An arrest has been made in the death of a Mishawakateen late Friday night.
Mishawaka police arrested Zachary Sanders, 20, of Granger, on Saturday afternoon in the hit-and-run death of Troy Mapes,16.
And I quote (II)…
As the sky turned dark, SoCal Ghost Bikes volunteer Anthony Navarro arrived to fasten a small, all-white bicycle to a chain-link fence near the crash as a memorial.
Navarro adorned the bike with flowers and a picture of Hernandez, and many of the boy’s friends added messages on the bike.
Among those notations, scrawled across the front of the handlebars with a black Sharpie was the number 25, Jonathan’s jersey number at Buena.
And I quote (III)…
“The death of Mr. Harris is a tragic one, and I hope that these charges will be of some comfort to his family. Sadly, this is year another reminder of the dangers of texting and driving,” Gibbons said.
A Cambridge police officer is on administrative leave after allegedly being involved with a hit-and-run crash Sunday night.
And I quote (V)…
“Despite knowing our obvious interest in the case, the cycling community was never informed when the police finished their investigation, and had to pull that information out of the prosecutor’s office. Even then the language used to tell us that the case was turned over to the prosecutor was extremely political and ambiguous,” he wrote in an email to West Hawaii Today.
And I quote (VI)…
Relatives of a 34-year-old man fatally struck in a hit-and-run accident in the Avondale neighborhood say he had planned to visit his mother’s grave the day he was killed.
And I quote (VII)…
“What frustrated me was the lack of help from the police,” said Rene Valtierra Sr. “When I called them they said it takes two weeks just to get a copy of the report before anyone starts investigating.”
And I quote (VIII)…
Police say the driver pulled from his burning car by good Samaritans was the victim of a hit and run.
And I quote (IX)…
D.C. police on Tuesday arrested a woman in a hit-and-run crash that occurred in Southeast Washington on New Year’s Day, killing a father of four who was in a crosswalk, authorities said Tuesday.
And I quote (X)…
“I know he didn’t feel bad,” Scali said, “If he felt bad, he would have turned himself into police or stayed at the scene and not try to get his car fixed and not try to sneak around.”
And I quote (XI)…
The fiancée of the man who was killed by a hit-and-run driver while jogging is pushing for big changes to the rural Cocoa road where it happened.
And I quote (XII)…
If Huffman does manage to get out of jail, she can’t drive. The Florida DMV has already suspended her license again pending the outcome of the fatal hit-and-run case.
Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Long Island, NY; Florence, SC; Memphis, Tenn.; Jackson, Miss.; Chicago, Ill.; Pilsen, Ill.; Glendale, Ariz.; Kansas City, Mo.
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.)