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. After a respite from keeping the list, it restarted in January 2019, highlighting one case a day. If there’s a case you’ve seen that deserves highlighting, drop me a line at hickey@brianphickey.com.
16399. A 25-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Wednesday morning, Omaha police said.
16400. “I want someone to be held accountable for the family, for all of us,” says Carrie Klaske.
16401. Portland police say the man who died Friday after being struck by a car in the Sumner neighborhood was Anthony Boyd, 63, of Portland.
16402. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the crash happened around 6:05 p.m. in the 5500 block of Mission Street. The driver fled the scene after striking the pedestrian. The victim died at the scene.
16403. Authorities are searching for a driver who struck a pedestrian in Miami and fled the scene in a hit-and-run that was caught on camera.
16404. Midland Police Department is investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash on Friday evening that resulted in the death of a 78-year-old male pedestrian.
16405. PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A woman was killed Friday night after being struck by a driver who fled the scene in the Feltonville section of Philadelphia, according to police.
16406. A person was critically injured in a hit-and-run crash Saturday night in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and police are looking for the vehicle that fled the scene.
16407. HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) – A 53-year-old man died after being struck by two vehicles Saturday night on Albany Avenue in Hartford.
16408. A hit-and-run driver remains at large after a woman was struck and killed by two vehicles in Santa Ana.
16409. PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – A person is dead after a hit-and-run in southeast Portland early Saturday, according to police.
16410. ST. LOUIS – A bicyclist was killed in a St. Louis hit-and-run crash last weekend. Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a suspect who fled the scene.
16411. BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 70-year-old woman is dead after being struck in a hit-and-run crash on Kensington Avenue Saturday evening, according to Amherst Police.
16412. A hit-and-run left a 25-year-old woman dead after the pedestrian was struck while crossing the street on Bruceville Road in Elk Grove, police said.
16413. CHICAGO (WLS) — Two people were killed in a hit-and-run in Morgan Park Sunday morning, Chicago police said.
16414. “She was a real nice lady, loving, very supportive, wanted the best for everybody,” said one of her seven children, Damion Martin.
16415. SEYMOUR, Conn. (WFSB) – An 18-year-old woman was struck by the passenger-side mirror of a pickup truck on Sunday afternoon in Seymour.
16416. A Fall River man was hit by a car and killed while riding a bicycle on Stafford Road on Dec. 21. The vehicle that struck him fled the scene.
16417. AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) – Amarillo police say a man is in the hospital after being hit by a car late Sunday night.
16418. LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) – The Lake Charles Police Department is investigating a crash involving a horse-drawn carriage near Millennium Park.
16419. Cops have collared the man they say struck and killed a pedestrian on the Lower East Side last week — and did so thanks to laser-fast technology, old-school gumshoe detective work and a little help from the hapless suspect.
16420. VALLEY CITY, N.D. — The North Dakota Highway Patrol is asking for the public’s help finding a vehicle associated with a fatal hit-and-run over the weekend near Valley City.
16421. A driver hit and killed a pedestrian in Studio City early Tuesday morning before fleeing the scene, according to authorities.
16422. ALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) — Two women are recovering after a hit-and-run in Albany. Police say it happened around 2 p.m. Monday, just before the Thruway entrance on Southern Boulevard.
16423. A pedestrian was critically injured late Saturday night after being struck by a vehicle in a marked crosswalk in Fullerton, authorities said, as the driver fled the scene.
16424. WATERTOWN, Wis. — Just days before Christmas, a Watertown family is facing an unimaginable loss. Cole Strohbusch, 35, was killed early Sunday morning in a hit-and-run, leaving behind his wife, Megan, and their three young children — ages 6, 4 and nearly 2.
16425. Baltimore City police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run that killed that killed a man on Tuesday.
16426. MINOT, N.D. (KFYR) – There was a hit-and-run Tuesday night in Minot and police are still trying to identify who the driver is.
16427. A 30-year-old man who was lying in the street early Tuesday was struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash, Tucson police say.
16428. A person was found dead in a water-filled ditch in Sacramento on Wednesday morning after what was believed to have been a hit-and-run, the California Highway Patrol said.
16429. PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Police identified the man killed in a hit-and-run crash in Southeast Portland on December 20, and investigators are asking for help in finding the driver responsible.
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.)