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.
16762. “Her personality was really, really sweet. She’s one of those people that you know when you meet them they kind of become family,” Hulette said.
16763. A person was injured in what appeared to be a hit-and-run in East Providence, the East Providence Police Department said.
16764. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – The Metro Nashville Police Department has released the identity of the bicyclist hit and killed on Harding Place over the weekend.
16765. Milwaukee police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash near North 13th Street and West McKinley Avenue that left a pedestrian dead.
16766. According to Philadelphia police, at about 2:20 a.m. on Friday, a man was struck mid-block along the 4300 block of Germantown Avenue by a vehicle that then fled the scene of the crash.
16767. A boy is recovering after he was struck by a hit-and-run vehicle in Reading, Pennsylvania, on Friday morning, police said.
16768. An Atlanta cyclist is recovering after being struck by a hit-and-run driver along the Beltline in a crash caught on camera. Video shows the moment Brooks Payne was struck while riding his bike, sending him airborne before crashing onto the concrete. “God, that’s so lame,” Payne said after watching the video of the crash.
16769. A man died in a hospital after a hit-and-run crash early Friday on the Southwest Side, according to the San Antonio Police Department.
16770. A Chicago man who was nearly killed in a hit-and-run crash while walking to get lunch on Michigan Avenue is sharing his story as police continue to search for the driver responsible. With his arm still in a sling and a walker by his side a little more than a month after the crash, Derek Krueger told NBC Chicago the trauma of what happened replays in his head every day. “I’m always fearful now,” he said. “It’s not something I want or should have to feel living here.”
16771. ATLANTA – A person was killed on the Buford Highway Connector after being struck by a car.
16772. READING, Pa. (WPVI) — The search is on for a driver who struck a child in Reading on Friday morning and then took off.
16773. ST. LOUIS – Rob Corley was riding his bicycle through the alley east of S. Grand Boulevard and south of Itaska on Friday afternoon. Approximately 15 hours earlier, police reported a bicyclist was struck and killed in that same alley. “I can’t even stomach it,” said Corley. “I just send prayers out to his family.”
16774. NOVATO, Calif. (KGO) — The Novato Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a driver who hit an 8-year-old child riding a bike and then left the scene on Friday.
16775. Police in Swatara Township, Pa. are investigating a deadly hit-and-run. They say around 9 p.m. Saturday, a vehicle struck and killed 41-year-old James Blowe of Harrisburg.
16776. PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – A 51-year-old man died in the hospital 11 days after he was hit by a car in northeast Portland, police said on Saturday.
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.)