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.
6716. Lewisville, Texas. June 10. 32-year-old man critically injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
6717. Greenburgh, NY. June 9. 23-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
6718. Sarasota, Fla. June 10. 48-year-old man in wheelchair fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene. (UPDATE: Driver surrenders.)
6719. Portland, Ore. June 8. 16-year-old male injured when struck by a dark SUV which fled the scene.
6720. Philadelphia, Pa. June 10. 25-year-old man injured when struck by a dark-colored vehicle which fled the scene.
6721. Lakewood, Colo. June 9. Woman seriously injured when struck by a grey 2000-03 Oldsmobile which fled the scene.
6722. Auburn, NY. June 11. 39-year-old woman struck by a late-80s/early-90s boxy vehicle which fled the scene.
6723. Nanuet, NY. June 11. 49-year-old man injured when struck by a gold or beige GMC Suburban with a black bumper guard which fled the scene.
6724. Everett, Wash. June 10. 14-year-old boy injured when struck by a white late-model Ford which fled the scene.
6725. Chesapeake, Va. June 11. 38-year-old man fatally struck by a 2000-2003 dark blue or black Chevy Cavalier sedan which fled the scene.
6726. New Martinsville, WV. June 10. Man fatally struck by a white newer-model SUV which fled the scene.
6727. Missoula, Mont. June 11. 9-year-old boy on bicycle injured when struck by a grey passenger car which fled the scene.
6728. Frankfort, Ky. June 12. Man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
6729. Santa Cruz, Cal. June 12. Woman fatally struck by a silver sedan which fled the scene.
6730. Rio Del Mar, Cal. June 13. 25-year-old woman badly injured when struck by a Volvo XC90 which fled the scene.
6731. Pinellas Park, Fla. June 11. Man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
6732. Marion County, SC. June 13. 54-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
6733-34. Los Angeles, Cal. June 12. 15-year-old skateboarder critically injured and 13-year-old friend hurt when struck by a white SUV which fled the scene; driver later caught.
6735. Kalamazoo, Mich. June 12. 50-year-old man fatally struck by a blue Buick and white SUV both of which fled the scene.
6736. Selinsgrove, Pa. June 12. 53-year-old woman critically injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
6737. Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. June 14. 29-year-old man on bicycle fatally struck by a 1998 to 2007 Lexus or Toyota SUV which fled the scene.
6738. Philadelphia, PA. June 14. 54-year-old woman suffers life-threatening injuries when struck by a red Ford Focus which fled the scene; driver later arrested.
6739. Fresno, Cal. June 14. Bicyclist fatally struck by a silver or blue full-sized truck which fled the scene.
Related stories:
And I quote (I)…
EVANS, N.Y. (WKBW) – The family of hit-and-run victim Barry Moss is planning to dedicate a new memorial at the spot where the 52-year-old Angola man was killed.
On December 22, 2013, Moss was walking home from a friend’s house along Route 5 in the Town of Evans when he was struck and severely injured. The accident happening sometime after midnight. The driver fled the scene and Moss was left to freeze to death along the side of the road – his body discovered the next morning.
One-and-a-half years after his death, the crime is still unsolved.
And I quote (II)…
“I saw the silhouette of a baby, and reached in and felt for the baby,” said Manuel Savinon. “The baby started crying and was responsive so I pulled her away from the driver and took her out of the car.”
And I quote (III)…
HAMDEN–It took seven months, but police have made an arrest in a fatal hit-and-run.
On October 30 Doris and Emilio Gonzalez were crossing the street on their way home from a package store when they were hit by a car, just one block from their home.
Doris, who helped her husband of 46 years with his duties as deacon at a local church in New Haven, was killed in the crash.
After a long investigation, police applied for an arrest warrant, and on May 27 Hamden Police arrested Akinei Burrus, 38, of New Haven, in connection to the crash on Dixwell Avenue, near Haig Street.
And I quote (IV)…
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – Springfield Police Department officers responded to a pedestrian hit by a car near Pheasant Boulevard and Lindale Drive Thursday night.
A woman in her 20s was skateboarding just after 10 p.m. when Justin Moore, 24, hit her with his car. Dispatch was advised a female was on the ground screaming at the scene.
While officers were responding, Moore, was running from the scene.
Several citizens began chasing the suspect who ran into the apartment complex of 475 Lindale Drive.
When Officer Ryan Stone arrived, bystanders pointed in the suspect’s direction.
Officer Stone located the suspect inside an apartment. When the suspect exited the apartment, he was taken into custody.
Moore was arrested on charges of DUII, third degree assault, hit and run, reckless driving, and reckless endangering.
And I quote (V)…
Police Thursday released a description of the driver and vehicle believed to have been involved in the accident. The vehicle is described as a two-tone, red-over-black pickup with a Chevy emblem on the rear tailgate. The passenger-side windshield and head lamp were damaged.
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ST. LOUIS — The family of a Clayton man who was killed in a hit-and-run accident last year is offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to a conviction in the case.
Rick Beard, 54, was riding his bicycle in north St. Louis on June 20, 2014, when he was hit by a car at the intersection of Sarah Street and Cook Avenue. Police said the driver of the car left the scene at a high rate of speed. Police also said video from a camera on Beard’s bike showed Beard ran a stop sign at the intersection.
Police said they located the car they believed hit Beard. According to spokesperson for the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office, the owner of the car refused to answer questions from police and was never charged in the case.
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KINGSTON TWP. — Michael Scavone was arrested and charged Friday evening with homicide by motor vehicle and related charges in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash Sunday at Harveys Lake.
Harveys Lake police and Luzerne County detectives allege that Scavone struck 31-year-old triathlete Paula M. Jones, of Factoryville, as she was jogging on Lakeside Drive.
Wearing black sweatpants and a white fleece top, Scavone, 50, of Brook Street, Harveys Lake, sat handcuffed with his head down as District Judge James Tupper read the charges.
And I quote (VIII)…
The woman who died after a hit-and-run on Suitland Parkway Friday morning has been identified – and the same family that lost five loved ones in a devastating crash less than a year ago is mourning another death.
Octavia Tillman, 31, died after a crash about 11:45 p.m. Thursday at Suitland Parkway and Firth Sterling Avenue SE, police said.
“My sister was sweet, she was kind, she was loving,” Tillman’s sister Nikita Tillman said Friday.
Family members told News4 that Tillman, of Southeast D.C., was a cousin of sister Tameika Curtis and Typhani Wilkerson, two victims of the crash in Oxon Hill, Maryland in October that killed three women, two children and left 10 kids motherless.
“It just seems like every family member died of a car accident,” Nikita Tillman said through tears. “It makes me not even want to get in the car.”
And I quote (IX)…
State Police arrested two people Saturday in a March 13 fatal hit and run on LA 182 east of Jeanerette in which the victim was struck by two vehicles, neither of which stopped.
Brian Timken, 46, of New Iberia, and Kayla Norris, 25, of Franklin, were booked into the St. Mary Parish Jail, said Brooks David, a Louisiana State Police spokesman, in a news release.
And I quote (X)…
A 2-year-old girl died Sunday after she was injured last week in a hit-and-run crash in Irvine in which her grandmother died, authorities said.
Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Baltimore, Md.; Meriden, Ct.; Arcata, Wash.; Smyrna, Ga.; Irvine, Cal.; Decatur, Ala.; San Antonio, Texas; Fayetteville, NC; Anchorage, Alaska; Surfside Beach, SC; Upper Macungie, Pa.; Suitland, Md.; Buford, Ga.; Syracuse, NY; Bernalillo, NM; Kingston Twp., Pa.; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Houston, Texas; Albuquerque, NM.