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.
7117. Savannah, Ga. Sept. 2. Man injured when struck by a black Nissan which fled the scene.
7118. Jacksonville, Fla. Sept. 2. 55-year-old man suffers life-threatening injuries when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
7119. Detroit, Mich. Sept. 2. 62-year-old man injured when struck by a dark-colored Impala which fled the scene.
7120. Coral Gables, Fla. Sept. 3. 9-year-old boy injured when struck by a white Honda Civic which fled the scene.
7121. Phoenix, Ariz. Sept. 4. 40-year-old man fatally struck by a white or light-colored SUV which fled the scene.
7122. Houston, Texas. Sept. 4. Bicyclist badly injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
7123. Kansas City, Mo. Sept. 4. Pedestrian injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
7124. Albany, Ga. Sept. 3. 15-year-old male injured when struck by a white vehicle, possibly a Toyota, which fled the scene.
7125. Dorchester, Mass. Sept. 3. Girl injured when struck by a white four-door sedan which fled the scene.
7126. Lancaster, Pa. Sept. 3. 7-year-old girl on bicycle injured when struck by a dark green Audi which fled the scene.
7127. San Bernardino, Cal. Sept. 2. 2-year-old boy dies after being struck by a silver vehicle which fled the scene.
7128. Florence, SC. Sept. 4. Pedestrian injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
7129. St. Petersburg, Fla. Sept. 5. 59-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
7130. Redding, Cal. Sept. 4. 58-year-old man on bicycle injured when struck by a pickup truck which fled the scene.
7131. Fort Worth, Texas. Sept. 3. Man fatally struck by a early 2000s model Jeep Cherokee which fled the scene.
7132-33. Arlington, Texas. Sept. 5. 40-year-old woman and another pedestrian fatally struck by a black Nissan Xterra which fled the scene.
7134-35. Denver, Colo. Sept. 6. Two people injured when struck by a purple Nissan Altima which fled the scene.
7136-37. Louisville, Ky. Sept. 6. Woman in her 30s killed and woman in 40s injured when struck by a dark-colored vehicle which fled the scene.
7138. Santa Rosa, Cal. Sept. 6. Pedestrian injured when struck by a newer model, white pickup truck with black lumber racks, which fled the scene.
7139-40. Los Angeles, Cal. Sept. 6. Woman in 50s killed; man in 50s injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; driver later returns to scene with mother.
7141. Brooklyn, NY. Sept. 6. 59-year-old woman fatally struck by a white minivan which fled the scene.
7142. Plainfield, Ct. Sept. 5. 55-year-old man in wheelchair injured when struck by a white Ford Mustang which fled the scene.
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And I quote (I)…
Whether they were thrown or blown into the bushes along Maze Boulevard, the photocopied white papers taped to both sides of neatly cut pieces of cardboard likely wouldn’t have caught the attention of passers-by. But the relatives of Arcadio Plancarte Nolasco recognized them right away: copies of prayers, neatly handwritten in Spanish by the Modesto man, who gave them to friends, family, people he encountered.
Family members found them when they went to place bouquets of flowers along Maze just east of North Carpenter Road. That’s where 79-year-old Nolasco died Monday morning after being struck by four vehicles as he pedaled his three-wheel cycle.
Nolasco was westbound on Maze, apparently trying to turn left onto Carpenter Road, when he pulled into the path of an oncoming car, police say. The driver, Ryan Reeder, pulled over and attempted to provide aid to Nolasco, but a Mini Cooper behind Reeder also struck the cyclist and continued on its way.
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“I’m pretty sure she was in the crosswalk when she got hit,” Kenney said. “She was just on the side of the road, about 20 feet from the sidewalk.”
He said when he saw the woman in the road, he got out of his car, asking her, “Ma’am, you OK?” repeatedly.
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A Metairie woman who reported finding an injured man by the road on Christmas Eve pleaded guilty Wednesday (Sept. 2) to vehicular homicide, for driving impaired when her vehicle struck and fatally injured him.
Jennifer Kuzma, 25, will spend five years in prison for the hit-and-run wreck that killed Travis Burns, 27, along North Causeway Boulevard in Metairie.
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Sterling Heights police say the man who ran over and killed a mom pushing her teenage son in a wheelchair Monday night was not racing, as originally thought, but was high. While the family grieves their loss, the suspected driver is behind bars.
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An elderly man who was severely injured in a hit and run has died. Tampa police are still searching for the driver who hit him.
Tampa Police are looking for 21-year-old Jasmine Crandall in connection with this accident. Police say she will be charged with leaving the scene of an accident involving death. Crime Stoppers received an anonymous tip, police said.
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In news that should please anyone concerned about the recent wave of hit-and-runs sweeping SF, the San Francisco Police Department says they’ve made an arrest in a collision so severe that the victim lost a limb.
As previously reported, a a 64-year-old man was getting into his car at Gaven Street and San Bruno Avenue Monday morning at 7:23 a.m. when, says SFPD spokesperson Officer Albie Esparza, “a 4-door Acura Legend that was traveling eastbound on Gaven Street swerved into the victim crushing him.”
The man was left with head trauma and injuries to his leg that were so severe, Esparza says today, that “the victim lost his leg.”
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“There was a brief discussion that she was going to call the police and the offender tried to talk her out of it,” Police Chief David Smetana said. “When he saw that wasn’t working, he drove away.”
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CHULA VISTA (CNS) – A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest in connection with the suspected hit-and-run death of a high school student on a roadside near Sleep Train Amphitheatre.
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A 31-year-old man has been indicted on attempted murder and assault charges in connection with a June hit-and-run crash that left one man injured on a Gresham street.
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CORPUS CHRISTI (Kiii News) – The family of Gabriella Garcia, the young woman killed in a hit and run last weekend, held a benefit Friday afternoon.
The family gathered at Red’s Sports Bar and handed out barbecue chicken plates to help raise money for funeral costs. Gabriella’s cousin Jessica thanks the community for being supportive of her family during this difficult time.
Police still have not made an arrest in connection to the hit and run. If you have any information, call police.
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When traffic investigators arrive at the scene of a fatal hit-and-run — a crime on the rise in Florida — the only clues might be some skid marks, or a few fragments from the car that fled.
What may seem like debris strewn across the highway, however, is investigative gold to traffic-homicide detectives trying to find the car and its driver.Detectives hit the jackpot in September 2010 while sorting through the pieces of a broken chrome car grille after a driver killed a pedestrian on Landstar Boulevard near State Road 417 in Orange County and kept going.
One of the pieces was imprinted with a part number.
“That grille made for that car was one year only,” said Cpl. Brian Gensler of the Florida Highway Patrol’s Central Florida troop. “Every year, they change the dynamics of cars, so that [grille] was changed on that car.”
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The executive director of the Family Justice Center struck a motorcycle before leaving the scene and heading to the police department in a city owned Ford Taurus, according to a Chattanooga police crash report.
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A Fresno man who killed a mother and daughter in a fiery hit-and-run collision was sentenced Friday to nearly 15 years in prison.
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The mother of 21-year-old hit and run victim, Joe Lopez, recently collaborated with the San Angelo Police Department to make a video plea in hopes of generating tips on the unsolved case. The video titled, “Justice4JoeLopez” can be viewed on the San Angelo Police Department’s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/SanAngeloPoliceDepartment.
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HOUSTON (KTRK) — Five years after a tragic death, a Houston mother continues to plead for help to find the hit-and-run driver who killed her daughter.
Lauren Wallace, 19, was found dead in a grassy area near the East Freeway and Normandy on September 5, 2010.
Police believe she was hit by a dark-colored, 2003 to 2005 Toyota Camry.
On Saturday, her friends and family returned to the area to pass out flyers and hold signs asking for information about the crash.
“I know someone had to have seen what happened to her, and I just want them to come clean. Whoever did this to her, we need them to come clean. Please let us know so we can have justice and give us peace,” Paula Wallace told Eyewitness News.
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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.)