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.
14902. A man is dead and the driver responsible for his death is on the run, Phoenix Police say.
14903. MIDTOWN (WABC) — A pedestrian is critical after being struck in an apparent hit-and-run crash overnight Monday.
14904. Two people are targets of a city-wide search after a man was struck and killed over the weekend in Detroit. Investigators say the victim, Rodger Pitts, died after being struck by a parked car that had been hit by another vehicle Sunday afternoon. Both suspects fled the scene and have yet to be caught by police.
14905. “I didn’t even get a chance to say goodbye to her or nothing, you know. I wasn’t even here. I just feel bad for that,” said the victim’s sister, Jessica Walker.
14906. Milwaukee police are still trying to find the driver responsible for a hit-and-run that killed a man downtown early Sunday morning, Aug. 11, but they now know what vehicle they’re looking for.
14907. HARMONY BOROUGH, Pa. — The Zelienople Police Department has identified a potential suspect after a child was hit by a car in Harmony Borough last week.
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14909. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reported that a vehicle struck a boy on a bicycle near Ursa, Illinois, and fled the scene Tuesday night.
14910. An off-duty Albuquerque police officer was fatally struck by a driver in a hit-and-run crash early Wednesday morning in the South Valley. The Albuquerque Police Department identified the officer as Bianca Quintana, who joined the department in 2022 and worked in the Foothills Area Command.
14911. Police in Bridgeport are seeking information from the public about a hit-and-run accident that seriously injured two pedestrians. The accident occurred at around 2 a.m. last Saturday near the intersection of Commerce Drive and the I-95 on-ramp. Authorities say the pedestrians were struck by a vehicle that fled the scene.
14912. Investigators say a young woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash Thursday morning in Philadelphia’s Feltonville neighborhood. The deadly crash happened around 3:30 a.m. near the intersection of Front Street and Hunting Park Avenue, according to police.
14913. Delaware State Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that claimed the life of a man early this morning. … The victim, a 62-year-old man from Dover, was pronounced dead at the scene. His name is being withheld until his family has been notified.
14914. LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) – A pedestrian was hit at the corner of SouthPark Drive and East Gauthier Road around 5:17 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10, authorities said. A witness said the pedestrian was hit by a black sedan that left the scene, according to Lt. Brenda Treadway, spokeswoman for the Lake Charles Police Department. The pedestrian suffered moderate but not life-threatening injuries.
14915. Pennsylvania State Police are asking for help from the public after a driver fled the scene of a hit-and-run crash in Butler County that left a woman injured.
14916. A man was killed in a pedestrian hit-and-run crash Thursday in south Baltimore. According to police, around 11:45 p.m., officers responded to the 1300 block of Joh Avenue for a report of a pedestrian-involved hit-and-run crash. They learned that the victim was walking northbound along the bridge that goes over the Interstate 95 and Joh Avenue intersection when he stepped off the sidewalk into the street and was stuck by a vehicle.
14917. The Cleveland Division of Police is investigating after a 7-year-old boy was killed in a hit-and-run while riding his skateboard Friday evening. It happened around 7:20 p.m. in the 16000 block of Lakeshore Boulevard. According to Cleveland police, the child was riding his skateboard in the driveway of the parking lot when he was hit by a vehicle and dragged underneath.
14918. A woman in her late 20s was walking across the street in a marked crosswalk, when a Toyota Corolla traveling westbound on Victory struck her, police say. The driver kept going and officers later found the car abandoned along Victory, just east of Troost Avenue. Paramedics took her to a hospital where she was pronounced dead. Her name has not been released. Police say the man ran from the area on foot after hitting the pedestrian.
14919. A 37-year-old Metairie woman is dead, and State Police troopers are searching for the driver who hit her before fleeing the scene Thursday night.
14920. Police are searching for the driver who left the scene of a crash that killed a pedestrian in central Phoenix early Saturday morning.
14921. Burlington Police Department said an older model SUV hit the cyclist on Maple Avenue just south of Interstate 40. The cyclist, 31-year-old Michael Blake Hensley, died at the scene.
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.)