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.
15629. A man was critically injured in an intentional hit-and-run crash outside a Georgia bar, police said.
15630. DETROIT – Police are seeking information in the hit-and-run incident that left one woman dead while injuring a man on Detroit’s east side.
15631. CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a traffic stop pursuit that left one dead and several others injured Saturday afternoon.
15632. A person is dead after being hit by a vehicle Saturday night in Sacramento, police officials said.
15633. CHICAGO (WLS) — A 17-year-old girl is in critical condition after being hit by a car while running on Saturday evening, Chicago police said.
15634. MARIETTA, GA — The Marietta Police Department’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Unit is investigating a hit-and-run incident that left a pedestrian with life-threatening injuries late Friday night.
15635. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Police have opened an investigation into a hit-and-run crash in Kansas City after a cyclist was killed over the weekend.
15636. GREENSBORO, N.C. — A man is dead after police say he was hit by a vehicle in a hit-and-run crash in Greensboro on Sunday morning.
15637. RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — Police are asking for the public’s help with identifying the driver in a hit and run crash in Reno that seriously injured a pedestrian.
15638. Police have released an image of the car they believe was involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash on the Pacific Coast Highway.
15639. A 49-year-old man is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle while riding a scooter in downtown Seattle early Monday morning, according to the Seattle Police Department.
15640. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A pedestrian was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on Monday while on the left shoulder of Missouri 210 Highway.
15641. “Justice for us means holding the driver accountable and preventing this kind of thing from happening to another family,” Chen explained.
15642. “I remember being hit, I remember being on top of the car, then I remember laying in the street. I think I went into a little bit of shock, and then I remember being in the ambulance ride on the way to Froedtert,” Wiener said.
15643. PLEASANT GROVE, Utah — Police have identified the 9-year-old boy who died Tuesday after being hit by a pickup truck in Pleasant Grove. Police said Dalton Gibbs was on his way home from school and riding his bike across the intersection of 2600 North and 900 West at 4 p.m. when he was hit by a white pickup truck.
15644. The South Carolina Highway Patrol is seeking the public’s help in locating two vehicles which the agency said were involved in an April 27 fatal hit and run in Beaufort County. The hit and run happened around 11:50 p.m. on Okatie Highway (S.C. 170), near Lemon Island, which is about five miles west of the City of Beaufort, SCHP Master Trooper William Bennett said. The incident involved two vehicles and a pedestrian.
15645. The Warner Robins Police Department is asking for help in finding a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run that happened on April 25, according to a post on their Facebook page. A pedestrian was hit while walking on Myrtle Street between Duke Avenue and Green Street when a vehicle hit the person, breaking both of their legs.
15646. NORTHBROOK, Ill. (WLS) — A pedestrian was killed in a north suburban hit-and-run crash early Thursday morning, Northbrook police said.
15647. LA VERGNE, Tenn. (WSMV) – The La Vergne Police Department shut down a main road after a man was found unconscious Thursday morning. La Vergne PD said that they received reports of an unconscious elderly man around 6 a.m., so officers responded to the 500 block of Old Nashville Highway near Murray Lane to investigate.
15648. Louisville Metro Police said a man was in the roadway on South Second Street when he was hit by an unknown vehicle. Police said the vehicle then fled the scene toward the Second Street Bridge. Witnesses on the scene told WLKY that a car hit someone crossing the road and then took off.
15649. PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A man is dead after a hit and run crash in West Philadelphia. It happened just after 11:30 p.m. Friday. The driver struck the man near the intersection of 63rd Street and Girard Avenue and fled the scene.
15650. FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Police are asking the public for information after a bicyclist was fatally struck by a vehicle early Saturday.
15651. Samantha Walters said she knew the victim as Mr. Braswell, her 7th grade middle school teacher. “He taught civics, which was a boring subject for most of us,” said Walters. “But he made it fun. And he’s the reason I love history so much.”
15652. AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) – The Amarillo Police Department is currently investigating a hit-and-run early Saturday morning left one man dead.
15653. GLENDALE, Ariz. — Glendale police are looking for the driver who left the scene of a crash after hitting a woman who would later die.
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.)