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.
15654. LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Police are looking for the driver responsible for a deadly hit-and-run crash Monday morning. The crash was reported around 3 a.m. on Flamingo Road near Paradise Road. According to Las Vegas Metropolitan police, the woman was attempting to cross Flamingo between University Center Drive and Paradise when she was struck by a car.
15655. VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) — The search is on for the driver involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a bicyclist in Visalia. Police say the crash happened at 9:45 p.m. Saturday on Akers Street, just south of Judy Avenue. Officers say a car struck a 53-year-old man on a bicycle and then fled the scene before officers arrived.
15656. MURRAY, Utah (KUTV) — One of the two Utah Transit Authority employees struck in a Murray hit-and-run crash on April 24 has died from his injuries, authorites confirmed Sunday.
15657. SAN MARCOS, Texas — Police are searching for a driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash in San Marcos on Saturday night.
15658. SEATTLE – An 83-year-old woman is dead following a hit-and-run crash on Monday morning.
15659. HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHP) — A Harrisburg family is in mourning after a woman’s longtime boyfriend was struck and killed in a crash Friday night.
15660. “This family was kept in the dark for many months about the circumstances around the death of their father,” said attorney Michael Carrillo in a Tuesday press conference. “Information had to be pulled from this department because they never contacted this family to let them know that a Downey Police Department officer, while on duty, struck him, killed him and left him there to die like a dog.”
15661. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A violent crash on Westside Parkway has left investigators and the community reeling after a gruesome scene unfolded on the eastbound lanes of Highway 58 early Saturday morning.
15662. Nine months later, the family is still looking for answers. “I pray about it every night. Not just an answer just for my sake, but for her children. It’s getting harder on them every single day that passes. Her husband, he’s he walks around with a broken heart, and it’s hard to mend something you didn’t break,” said Dominguez.
15663. “For you to get out and say that (racial slur) and hit my car. For you to have the audacity and you couldn’t even stop. I’m elated,” Harris said.
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15665. WASHINGTON — DC Police are investigating a deadly hit-and-run along U Street in Northwest D.C. It happened around 4:15 a.m. on Wednesday at the intersection of 12th and U Streets.
15666. “Being hit is one thing, being left is quite another,” Oliva, who suffered serious injuries, told KTLA. “Just coming to on the road, covered in blood, disoriented, not knowing what happened and knowing that someone could do that and just leave you there is really harrowing.”
15667. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – Nearly a week has gone by since a young Mormon missionary was killed in a hit-and-run in northwest Charlotte.
15668. The Vermont State Police is identifying the victim of this hit-and-run crash as Adrienne Formel, 37, of Pownal. As of Friday morning, she was listed in critical but stable condition at Albany Medical Center in New York.
15669. PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Police are searching for a vehicle in connection with a hit-and-run that killed a man in West Philadelphia.
15670. According to the Oklahoma City Police Department, officers responded to the area of SW 104th St. and I-44 around 4 a.m. on April 27. Upon arrival, three people were pronounced dead on scene and another was taken to a nearby hospital where they are currently on life support.
15671. Authorities are looking for a hit-and-run driver who killed a pedestrian overnight Friday in SW Houston, and while they remained at the scene briefly, police said they did not stick around by the time cops arrived.
15672. LARGO, Fla. (WFLA)— A mother and her child were hospitalized with serious injuries after a woman hit them in a Walmart Parking lot before leaving the scene, the Largo Police Department said.
15673. ARVADA, Colo. — A man in a wheelchair died after the driver of a pickup truck hit him and left the scene early Thursday in Arvada. The Arvada Police Department said a man in a mobility wheelchair was going north in the southbound lanes of Wadsworth Boulevard, north of West 53rd Avenue, just before 2 a.m. Thursday when he was hit by a southbound pickup truck.
15674. POWNAL, Vt. (WCAX) – Police have identified a woman left with life-threatening injuries after a hit-and-run in Pownal on Thursday morning.
15675. MORRISANIA, The Bronx (WABC) — Police in the Bronx are searching a driver responsible for killing a man in a hit-and-run crash.
15676. “Yesterday, I was in a lot of pain, and today, I’m just drugged up. I can’t move at all. It’s completely separated. And hopefully, they’ll just be able to screw it back together. But you know, it’s bad, it sucks,” Anderson said.
15677. SAGINAW COUNTY, Mich. – A woman is dead after being hit by a vehicle early Saturday morning.
15678. “Closure is part of the grieving process, and it’s hard to have it when you don’t know. There are so many unknowns,” Joseph’s sister said.
15679. “All my memory is gone. When I woke up I was in the ambulance,” Chung said.
15680. HAMDEN, Conn. (WFSB) – A man was seriously injured after being hit by a driver in Hamden on Monday night, police said.
15681. FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — A bicyclist in his late 30s died following a hit-and-run crash Sunday in Fresno. Police say the unknown driver hit the rider at Thesta and Belmont Avenues just before 6 p.m.
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.)