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.
16798. “It’s just, it’s haunted me. Just the sounds, the sights,” Wilson said. “I’ve seen a lot of things in life, but it’s just, I don’t think it’s something I’ll ever, ever forget.”
16799. Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run where the victim was found lying on Palm Bay Road, according to the police department.
16800. HOUSTON – A woman was killed after being hit by at least two vehicles early Sunday in Houston, according to investigators.
16801. SAN ANTONIO – A 16-year-old boy was hospitalized after he was struck by a vehicle on the North Side, according to the San Antonio Police Department.
16802. SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WBAY) – Sheboygan police are asking for the public’s help identifying the driver of a dark-colored Honda Odyssey minivan involved in a hit-and-run with a child on a bicycle.
16803. Seven people were injured, two of them critically injured, after a driver allegedly struck them on the sidewalk in Oakland’s Uptown neighborhood Saturday in an early morning hit-and-run.
16804. Rochester, N.Y. — A person in a wheelchair was struck by a hit-and-run driver in the city’s 19th Ward on Monday evening, police say.
16805. ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT) – One person was taken to the hospital after an alleged hit-and-run in Albany, Tuesday night.
16806. A pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries when they were hit by a driver that may have fled the scene in Fort Lauderdale early Wednesday, officials said.
16807. A pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run crash near a freeway off-ramp in North Hollywood early Wednesday morning, authorities confirmed.
16808. PUEBLO, Colo. (KKTV) – On Wednesday, Pueblo Police Department announced traffic investigators were investigating a fatal hit-and-run accident.
16809. “He’s a good kid, he made good grades, he went to school every day, went to work every day, didn’t run the streets, was not in no trouble, he loved his family, was family oriented,” Harris’ mother Mercedes Anderson told News 8.
16810. A boy on a bike was hurt when he was struck by a pickup in north St. Cloud on Tuesday night.
16811. Pennsylvania State Police are searching for the driver of a Chevy Avalanche who struck a pedestrian and fled the scene at a Lancaster County gas station.
16812. “He was full of life, such a great guy to be around. He has a lot of friends and family members in Chicago that are just heartbroken and extremely distraught due to the events that happened. He was just here for a Dodger game,” Oscar Flores, Melesio’s cousin, said.
16813. The Winnemucca Police Department is looking for a driver involved in a hit and run crash. It happened April 30 at the intersection of Winnemucca Boulevard and Potato Road between 5:30 and 6 p.m. A person was crossing Winnemucca Boulevard from Flying J toward Chevron when a blue pickup truck entered the intersection and hit the pedestrian with its driver’s side mirror. The pickup then left the area without stopping.
16814. A 3-year-old boy was killed in Georgia after police say he wandered out of his family’s apartment in the middle of the night and was struck by a vehicle in a fatal hit-and-run.
16815. “It was a crime,” Sandra Haro, Joseph’s sister, said. “You don’t just hit a person and leave a person to die for.”
16816. “I pray to god that your conscience eats you up so bad that you turn your own self in,” Farley said. Farley said she wants the driver locked up for the “heartbreaking” act.
16817. PHOENIX — A bicyclist was sent to the hospital after a hit-and-run crash in Phoenix, according to police.
16818. WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – Wichita police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a 38-year-old woman late Friday night in west Wichita.
16819. An elderly woman is in critical condition after being hit by a driver who fled the scene of a hit-and-run in Provo on Saturday. According to Provo Police, Metro Dispatch received a call at approximately 3:07 p.m. on Saturday describing a hit and run at the intersection of 500 N. 500 West.
16820. TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) – The Tucson Police Department is looking for a driver they say hit a pedestrian, and then left the scene.
16721. SANTA ROSA, Calif. (KGO) — Police are searching for the driver of a lifted pick-up truck who hit and killed a man in a wheelchair who was crossing the street in Santa Rosa on Monday.
16722. Milwaukee police are investigating a deadly hit-and-run crash that killed a 71-year-old pedestrian Monday night.
16723. BATON ROUGE – Baton Rouge Police officers are asking for the public’s help to find the driver who hit a pedestrian along College Drive and left the scene.
16724. BEDFORD HEIGHTS, Ohio (WJW) — The Bedford Heights Police Department is searching for leads after a 33-year-old Lorain man was found dead in the roadway after an apparent hit-and-run crash.
16725. CHICAGO (WLS) — A man was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Tuesday night in Chicago’s West Lawn neighborhood, police said.
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.)