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.
15701. A pedestrian who was struck during a hit-and-run on Interstate 95 in Greenwich early Sunday morning has died and state police are looking for the vehicle that may have been involved.
15702. BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — Police are searching for the driver who hit and killed a bicyclist in Boulder County on Sunday morning.
15703. WATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — Waterbury police are investigating a hit-and-run left a woman injured Sunday evening.
15704. ARLINGTON, Va. (DC News Now) — The Arlington County Police Department (ACPD) said one of its officers is recovering after being struck in a hit-and-run on Saturday morning.
15705. LEWISVILLE, Texas – Lewisville Police are investigating a hit-and-run that injured a 17-year-old in an alleyway on Sunday around 6:15 p.m.
15706. A pedestrian was killed after he was hit by a tow truck in west Houston on Sunday, according to detectives.
15707. The Austin Police Department said it’s investigating a fatal hit and run that occurred during the early morning of May 11, according to a Monday afternoon press release. APD officers arrived to the scene in the 700 block of East Seventh Street at 4:59 a.m. According to the release, a vehicle hit three pedestrians before fleeing northbound on the Interstate 35 Frontage Road.
15708. LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A pedestrian is walking away from a hit and run after being hit near Bonanza Road and Nellis Boulevard, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
15709. Nashville police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash that happened May 21 on Bell Road in Antioch.
15710. PINEVILLE, La. (KALB) – A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle on Highway 28 East in Pineville around 9:09 p.m. on May 21, according to the Pineville Police Department.
15711. Athens police seek driver who seriously injured pedestrian, killed dog in hit-and-run crash.
15712. LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Police in Pennsylvania say that a woman who fatally struck a teenage boy in a hit-and-run in Lancaster County last year was on her phone during the crash. Mikayla Mustard, 24, faces felony charges of homicide by vehicle and accidents involving death or personal injury. The criminal complaint filed Wednesday details the investigation, including what officers found at the site of the crash.
15713. A family is experiencing heartbreak in southwest Houston, after police say a 2-year-old girl was killed in a hit-and-run. The little girl’s family says her name was Egypt, and the person who hit her remains a mystery.
15714. “[Do] didn’t even stop to help Erica – she just left her on this side of the road and just took off,” Ibarra said. “Who does that? Would type of human does that do another human? That is my baby.”
15715. Phoenix police are searching for the driver who hit and killed a man early Friday morning. The victim has been identified as 46-year-old Rogelio Peregrino.
15716. MANCHESTER, NH — Police are searching for an SUV in connection with a hit-and-run that left a man lying unconscious in the middle of a New Hampshire roadway.
15717. A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle early Friday on Brayton Drive in Anchorage, police said.
15718. In a Sunday morning update, police said that investigators believe the incident happened as the driver behind the wheel of a white Honda traveling at a high rate of speed hit a 32-year-old Nafeece Acquil Jenkins of North Philadelphia, as Jenkins attempted to cross Lehigh Avenue. Jenkins was pronounced at the scene at 1:48 a.m., police said. Jenkins’ body, officials said, was found on Lehigh Avenue, while the vehicle involved was recovered on the 1200 block of Park Avenue.
15719. WELLFLEET, MASS. (WHDH) – Police are turning to the public for help as they search for a driver who hit and killed a 25-year-old man in Wellfleet late Saturday night an fled the scene, officials said.
15720. A 32-year-old woman was killed in a hit-and-run late Saturday night in Bed-Stuy, according to police.
15721. A bicyclist is dead after a hit-and-run in Bedford County Saturday, May 24, according to Virginia State Police. A bicyclist was traveling at 1:30 p.m. on the 3900 block of Nemmo Road. Police say the driver of a silver/gray pickup, with a small black utility trailer attached, crossed the center line and struck the cyclist. The driver exited his vehicle to check on the injured cyclist before immediately leaving the scene in his vehicle, heading southbound on Nemmo Road toward Route 24, according to police. Police say the vehicle has damage to the driver’s side mirror, the front left headlight, and front fender.
15722. SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — San Francisco police are looking for the driver that struck a mother and her child as they crossed the street on Saturday in the Outer Richmond neighborhood.
15723. (WJAR) — A pedestrian was injured in a hit-and-run incident in Pawtucket Sunday night.
15724. TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) – Authorities are looking for the driver involved in a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run accident in Pima County late Saturday, May 24.
15725. HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – An investigation is underway for a hit-and-run crash in Kalihi that left a woman in critical condition Saturday night.
15726. YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Michigan State Police are looking for a driver who struck a pedestrian on I-94 in Ypsilanti Township. It happened Sunday, May 25, just before 2:30 a.m. near the US-12 bypass. According to authorities, police had received reports of a naked man who was walking eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-94.
15727. JACKSON HEIGHTS, Queens (WABC) — Police are searching for a driver who allegedly struck two children in Queens on Monday afternoon.
15728. A man who was struck and killed in a hit-and-run on Cape Cod has been identified as a 24-year-old Army veteran from Florida, according to police in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.
15729. “We are allowing people who are a danger on the road to return to the road,” said Sean Kennedy, who added that could have cost an officer their life.
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.)