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.
14805. The Jefferson City Police Department (JCPD) announced that one person is dead after a hit-and-run on July 15. According to a press release, the crash was reported around 6:30 a.m. on Monday when the victim was found unresponsive near the 3600 block of Highway 50 West. The bicyclist was killed in the incident.
14806. HOUSTON — A man is dead after a hit-and-run crash in west Houston early Monday morning, police say.
14807. Police in Georgia are investigating after a 16-year-old teen was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver.
14808. Louisiana State Police is seeking information about a hit-and-run crash that claimed the life of a 41-year-old Rayne resident. State police said Ryan Trahan was walking east in the westbound lane of Highway 90 around 6 a.m. Sunday when he was struck by an unknown vehicle. The vehicle failed to stop, police said, and continued driving west.
14809. The Aurora Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a vehicle after a driver struck and killed a pedestrian on Saturday morning and fled the scene.
14810. Police need your help to find the person who hit and critically injured a bicyclist in Maili. Emergency personnel were called to the scene around 9 Sunday night. After a 54-year-old male was hit by an unidentified motorist while crossing Farrington Highway on his bicycle, the driver did not stop and render aid.
14811. A person was hit and killed Sunday afternoon in the Lakes Region, according to police, marking the seventh death from a crash within days in New Hampshire.
14812. An Amish teen was killed and four other people injured after their buggy was destroyed in an alleged hit-and-run crash, according to officials. State police responded to a call to the location of the crash on State Route 12 in the town of Lowville, New York.
14813. Santa Barbara Police investigators are looking for a man involved in several crimes, including a hit-and-run that left one pedestrian with minor injuries on July 11, according to police spokesperson Sergeant Ethan Ragsdale.
14814. Newark Police Department responded to the area of northbound South College Avenue, in the area of Plymouth Drive Tuesday morning for a seriously injured 67 year old man.
14815. “People who were driving had to stop, pull over, and drag her from the street to the sidewalk so other cars wouldn’t completely destroy her,” said Corina Covarrubius, a family friend. Rendon-Arellano’s family said her injuries indicate she was thrown into the air when she was hit, and landed on her face. When medical crews arrived, they took her to the hospital where her mother reported she was in critical condition.
14816. BELLEVUE, Wash. — Bellevue police are searching for juveniles who were in a vehicle that “deliberately drove” into a 13-year-old bicycling on July 13, seriously injuring him.
14817. Houston police are searching for a suspect involved in a deadly hit-and-run on the city’s northside Tuesday.
14818. According to Houston Police Department data, 26,880 hit-and-run cases were opened in 2023. Still, only 1,166 were assigned to an investigator, and only 310 were cleared, meaning an investigator sent the case to the district attorney’s office.
14819. NORFOLK, Va. — Six months ago, John Mallard-Crenshaw’s life changed forever. As he walked along a Norfolk street, someone driving a car hit him and then drove away. They just left him there. Now, I’m following through with how John’s recovery is going and an update on the search for whoever almost killed him.
14820. DENVER (KDVR) — Lakewood police have released photos of a vehicle that may have been involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian.
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.)