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.
16995. CHICAGO (WLS) — A woman planning to marry her high school sweetheart in November is mourning his death after he was struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway early Friday, according to Illinois State Police.
16996. A Philadelphia officer failed to help the victim of a deadly hit-and-run both before and after the crash, police said.
16997. CONWAY, SC (WMBF) – A GoFundMe has been set up for two Coastal Carolina University students hit by a vehicle in a hit-and-run that left one student dead and another in critical condition.
16998. DENVER — A family from Northern Colorado is pleading for information after a hit-and-run driver struck their sister early in the morning of Aug. 23 in downtown Denver, leaving her with severe injuries and hospitalized in intensive care, according to family members.
16999. MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (WFSB) – A bicyclist was hurt in Middletown Thursday afternoon after a pickup truck hit him and drove off. Officers were called to the intersection of Silver Street and Eastern Drive at about 5:04 p.m. after a bicyclist was struck by a vehicle, police said.
17000. An 81-year-old Richmond man died Sunday evening after being struck by a vehicle on Hellings Avenue at 23rd Street. Richmond police say the driver left the scene.
17001. Detroit police are offering a reward to help track down a hit-and-run driver. It happened earlier this month at the corner of Plymouth and Evergreen, just a couple blocks from a Detroit police precinct.
17002. Medford police are seeking information on a driver they say was involved in a hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian in critical condition Wednesday morning.
17003. JACKSON, Miss. — Jackson police are investigating a deadly hit-and-run involving a pedestrian. Police say an unknown vehicle struck 56-year-old Tracey Bryant around one o’clock this morning in the 45-hundred block of Robinson Road.
17004. Authorities are looking for a driver who fled after fatally striking a 57-year-old pedestrian in Portland, Maine, on Monday night.
17005. A 72-year-old was critically injured in a serious hit-and-run in Roslyn Heights on Tuesday night. Nassau County police said the man was crossing Mineola Avenue near Woodward Street when an unknown vehicle hit him and fled the scene around 9:15 p.m., police said.
17006. Raleigh police are searching for the driver who hit a man on Milburnie Road early Wednesday morning.
17007. Thomas Lazarz said his wife, 76-year-old Soile Lazarz, died after being hit by a car along Ederlee Drive near Regency Parkway. “She was my own Dolly Parton. She doesn’t look like her anyway, but she had the same similar kind of spirit,” Thomas Lazarz said.
17008. A 22-year-old woman killed in a wild hit-and-run crash in Manhattan’s West Village was dragged after grabbing onto the driver’s side door, then was run over after losing her grip and falling under the car’s wheels, cops said Tuesday.
17009. “Amare was very funny. He was just an outgoing kid. He liked to help people,” said Alice Madden, Amare’s aunt.
17010. NEW YORK (WABC) — Protesters staged a ‘die-in’ at City Hall Park on Wednesday night after four New Yorkers were killed in separate hit-and-run crashes in a span of five days. Three cyclists and one pedestrian were killed last week in four different boroughs. Advocates say the deaths underscore the need for a new citywide plan to make streets safer.
17011. GROVES — Police in Groves are searching for a driver who struck a child riding his bicycle to school and then sped away from the scene, according to information Groves Marshal Christopher Robin provided to KFDM News.
17012. LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A hit-and-run in the east valley Sunday night has left one person with dead and police searching for the driver involved.
17013. PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) — Police are searching for a driver in connection with a deadly hit-and-run in Portland.
17014.
17015. FRAMINGHAM, MASS. (WHDH) – Authorities are searching for a hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a pedestrian in Framingham on Sunday night, officials said.
17016. OTSEGO, MI — A 68-year-old Allegan man died two days after being struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run crash in Otsego Township, and Michigan State Police are asking for the public’s help identifying the driver.
17017. SOLON, Iowa (KCRG) – Iowa State Patrol says a pedestrian was seriously injured during a hit-and-run shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday.
17018. MILWAUKEE — A pedestrian was hit while crossing the street on Milwaukee west side. Milwaukee Police say the 61-year-old pedestrian was crossing Highland Boulevard Friday evening around 8:30 p.m. when they were hit by a driver, who then fled the scene.
17019. CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Charleston police are investigating a Saturday night hit and run. Meeting Street Road was temporarily closed between Greenleaf St. and Milford St. due to a hit and run collision, the Charleston Police Department said. The road has since reopened. Officials said two pedestrians were struck by a vehicle while crossing the street.
17020. SUNSET PARK, Brooklyn (WABC) — A Brooklyn nurse who had just finished an overnight shift was killed after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Sunset Park, police said.
17021. BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man who was well-known in the community died after he was struck by a car Thursday night while in a wheelchair, Buffalo Police said.
17022. The New Orleans Police Department is investigating after a teenage boy was struck and killed in Gentilly Friday. According to police, the teen was struck at the intersection of Norman Mayer Avenue and Gentilly Boulevard.
17023. A male pedestrian was struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash late Thursday night while trying to cross Buckner Boulevard in Dallas’ Pleasant Grove area.
17024. Police sought the public’s assistance Friday in identifying the driver in a hit-and-run in Hollywood that injured two pedestrians.
17025. St. Petersburg police are searching for the driver of a pickup truck that struck two pedestrians Friday night and fled the scene.
17026. HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man was killed in a hit-and-run on the Gulf Freeway after jumping out of a moving vehicle during an argument with his sister, authorities said.
17027. Wilmington police have identified the victim of a deadly hit-and-run crash that happened Sunday morning. According to the Wilmington Police Department, 58-year-old Dexter Faulk was killed in the crash on South 17th Street near Go Store It Self Storage around 2:45 a.m. on Sept. 6.
17028. Baltimore police are investigating a hit-and-run accident that killed a pedestrian Wednesday morning in the city’s Brooklyn neighborhood.
17029. PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A driver is at large after a man was hit and killed by a vehicle Tuesday evening in midtown Phoenix.
17030. RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KABC) — A Riverside family is pleading for information after a 15-year-old girl was critically injured in a hit-and-run crash while walking home from Poly High School last Friday.
17031. BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — A Buffalo man was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver while riding his bicycle along Ontario Street in Riverside.
17032. ENCINITAS, Calif. (KUSI/FOX 5) — Authorities are asking the public for help in locating a suspect involved in a hit-and-run in Encinitas in August that left a 49-year-old man injured, according to the North County Sheriff’s Station.
17033. Rochester, N.Y. — Police are searching for a driver who fled after hitting a pedestrian on Lyell Avenue late Sunday night.
17034. JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – The Jackson Police Department is investigating after a 56-year-old woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash early Sunday morning.
17035. EAST NORRITON TWP., Pa. (WPVI) — A pedestrian has died after being struck by both a car and a tractor-trailer on Sunday night in Montgomery County. It happened at 9:10 p.m. at West Germantown Pike and Whitehall Road in East Norriton Township.
17036. A person is dead after being struck by a hit-and-run vehicle and left on Metro tracks in the Wrigley District of Long Beach, where they were struck again by a Metro light-rail train, authorities said Sunday.
17037. A 58-year-old man was mowed down by a hit-and-run MTA bus driver after he stepped off a Brooklyn curb Saturday night, police said.
17038. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Detectives with the Morgantown Police Department are investigating a hit-and-run involving a pedestrian that happened early Friday morning in the downtown area.
17039. LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – One person was sent to the hospital on Thursday night after being hit by a vehicle in a hit-and-run incident in Lexington.
17040.
17041. “The world lost a beautiful person inside and out,” said Connie Mbeng, Janyne’s mother.
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.)