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.
16964. “My heart is broke. It’s broke. My heart is broke because Mamadou is my best friend,” said Abdoulaye Barry.
16965. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Police are investigating after a pedestrian was hurt in a hit-and-run crash in the Hilltop early Saturday morning.
16966. BEDFORD COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — State police in Bedford County are still searching for the driver who is responsible for striking and killing a bicyclist in Harrison Township earlier this week.
16967. The Utica Police Department is asking the public for help after a hit-and-run on Route 12 left one person dead, according to a statement from police.
16968. “Hey, give me a ride over there please,” the officer says. “Go, go that way….go go go go go.”
16969. LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A man hit and killed by a vehicle in Lansing Wednesday was a former Westlund’s Apple Market employee, the business says.
16970. PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Police are investigating a deadly pedestrian crash in Logan.
16971. The Dallas ISD Police Department is investigating a possible hit-and-run involving two Dallas ISD middle school students that happened on Tuesday morning.
16972.
16973. LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — A new Louisiana law is now in effect, aimed at helping law enforcement identify and locate hit-and-run drivers faster. Jody’s Law was created after Jody Mann was struck by a vehicle and left along a roadway. Mann spent 18 days fighting for her life before she died from her injuries. Her mother, Holly Crow, said it took investigators four days to identify the driver who hit her daughter. “I can’t even put into words how that feels like, see my daughter laying there, you know, fighting to survive and not knowing, you know, who caused this, that they were just capable of leaving her there and going on about their lives is just I still, you know, I don’t think I’ll ever understand that. And it’s just it’s an indescribable pain,” Crow said.
16974. “The person who hit him felt the need to leave and not stop and check on him,” Magalogo said. “That’s one of the hardest — even he was asking, ‘How can someone do that?’”
16975. CHICAGO (WLS) — A woman was critically injured in a hit-and-run on the West Side Thursday night, Chicago police said.
16976. Gregory Christopher II, a father of six, was killed in a hit-and-run while changing a flat tire on an Indiana highway on Tuesday, August 18, authorities said.
16977. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A 39-year-old Chesterfield County man is dead after police say a driver hit him while he was walking on a sidewalk, then drove away.
16978. LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – A person was sent to the hospital with possible life-threatening injuries after they were hit by a vehicle Thursday night, according to Lexington police.
16979. “I was only speculating because of the heat wave. He probably said, ‘I’ll ride at night. It’s cooler, less traffic.’ And there you have it,” Troy Williams told Denver7. “He just wanted to ride. He just wanted to train. Be in his safe space… and I think he wanted that for others too, to leave and come home safely.”
16980. RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – The boy who the Reno Police Department says was struck in a hit-and-run in Reno has passed away. The 5-year-old boy was struck earlier this week at the intersection of 9th and Dolomite.
16981. Hit-and-run drivers killed three New York City cyclists in three separate crashes this week, with the latest victim a 40-year-old Brooklyn man struck late Thursday night in Flatlands, NYPD said.
16982. FISHERS, IN — Indiana State Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash on Interstate 69 in Hamilton County that claimed the life of a Parker City man.
16983. BEDFORD COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — A bicyclist was killed Wednesday morning in an alleged hit-and-run crash in Bedford County as state police are now searching for the driver who they say fled the scene.
16984. ATLANTA, Ga. — Two cyclists are recovering in the hospital after police said they were hit by a driver that left the scene in southwest Atlanta.
16985. “Please turn yourself in,” Carpenter’s cousin Brian Frazier said. “If it was a mistake, it’s a mistake, but please turn yourself in so we can get some closure for my family.”
16986. PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – A memorial was held Wednesday for a Portland teen who was killed at 15-years-old by a hit and run driver in 2016 while walking in a crosswalk. The person believed to be responsible fled the country before his trial, prompting national outrage.
16987. JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – Emergency crews are responding to a report of a pedestrian hit-and-run in Jonesboro.
16988. ST. LOUIS – Police are investigating after a pedestrian was struck and injured in a suspected hit-and-run crash early Thursday in north St. Louis.
16989. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – The Knoxville Police Department has launched an investigation after a woman was found dead near Wilson Road last week.
16990. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Anchorage Police officers responded to a call of a vehicle colliding with a pedestrian at the intersection of Seward Highway and Benson Boulevard around 1:20 a.m. on Saturday.
16991. GREENWICH VILLAGE, N.Y. (PIX11) — A woman was fatally struck in a hit‑and‑run early Sunday in Manhattan, police said.
16992.
16993. Garland Police Department is asking for the public’s help after a 12-year-old boy was left with significant injuries following a hit-and-run crash.
16994. A woman is in critical condition after being hit by a car in Antioch on Friday evening. Police received a call that someone had been hit by a car on Hillcrest Avenue near Larkspur at 10:30 p.m. on August 21.
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.)