Hit-and-Run America, Vol. LXXVI

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.

475. Atlanta. May 31. Man killed after being struck by a “2006 or earlier Nissan Titan, Armada or Infinity QX56” that fled without a side mirror.

476. Ashland, Ore. June 2. Pedestrian struck and killed by a yet-identified vehicle.

477. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. June 2. Pedestrian struck by “a small, dark-colored car” which fled the scene. Hospitalized.

478. Las Vegas. June 1. Jaywalker struck by car, suffers non-life-threatening injuries.

479. Chattanooga, Tenn. June 1. 17-year-old boy suffers non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by a white Ford F-150 which took off.

480. San Antonio, Texas. May 31. Woman struck by car. Description unavailable.

481. San Francisco, Cal. June 2. Four bicyclists (one bike pictured) targeted and struck by the driver of a blue Nissan Rogue. “He changed lanes in traffic, he went on the wrong side of the street,” [police] said. “Witnesses said he was driving to try and hit the bicyclists.”

482. Rockford, Ill. June 3. Bicyclist struck and killed by unidentified car. Details emerging.

483. Shreveport, La. June 2. 4-year-old girl playing in an inflatable pool in her front lawn struck by a black Chevy Cobalt which fled the scene. Classy.

484. Annapolis, Md. Jun 3. 52-year-old roadcrew worker struck by a vehicle which sent him into the path of a tractor-trailer, which subsequently killed him. The truck driver stopped, the other driver didn’t.

Related stories:

Karma: Minnesota man trying to run after hitting another car ran over by his own car while trying to run.

28-year-old man turns himself in for the Honolulu hit-and-run earlier this week.

Stupid girl in Riviera Beach, Fla. thinks she can hide a hit-and-run ride behind a building. Is caught.

28-year-old man arrested in connection with a 2007 hit-and-run in Rosemount, Minn.

Former Denver Bronco Billy Jenkins gets four halfway-house years in connection with the fatal hit-and-run of a scooter rider.

34-year-old woman charged in connection with DUI fatal hit-and-run in Michigan.

Best hit-and-run excuse to date: A tarantula bit me.

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.)