Tag: hit-and-run

Hit-and-Run America

An ongoing collection of unsolved hit-and-run cases from across the country. 83. Stockton, Cal. Feb. 14. 52-year-old man suffers “a head injury and a cut on his arm” when struck by “a black Ford Explorer or Expedition.” 84. Compton. Feb.…

Hit-and-Run America

The list: Nos. 1-17, 18-24, 25-30, 31-39, 40-43, 44-56, 57-64, 65-72. 65. Lauderhill, Fla. Feb. 9. 71-year-old bicyclist (pictured) struck and killed by unidentified vehicle. 66. Oakland, Cal. Feb. 10. 45-year-old woman struck and killed by “a dark blue or…

Hit-and-Run America (with updates)

The list: Nos. 1-17, 18-24, 25-30, 31-39, 40-43, 44-56, 57-64. 57. Dallas, Texas. Feb. 7. 30-year-old Good Samaritan struck, killed by two vehicles, including an SUV which left the scene. 58. Largo, Fla. Feb. 6. Unidentified pedestrian struck, critically injured…

Hit-and-Run America (Updated)

The list: Nos. 1-17, 18-24, 25-30, 31-39, 40-43, 44-56. 44. Shelby, Mich. Jan. 27. 16-year-old boy struck by “a 1997 to 2003 full size royal blue Ford pick-up. The right front headlight will be broken … and the truck is…

Hit-and-Run America (Vol. 5)

The list: Nos. 1-17, 18-24, 25-30, 31-39, 40-43. 40. Clayton, Ga. Jan. 10. 55-year-old Waffle House employee struck and killed by unknown vehicle while walking to work. 41. Lower Pottsgrove, Pa. Jan. 28. Woman struck by vehicle outside pharmacy. Treated…

Hit-and-Run America

The list: Nos. 1-17, 18-24, 25-30, 31-39. 31. Knoxville, Tenn. Jan. 30. 19-year-old woman critically injured when red Mitsubishi Eclipse strikes her when she gets out of car to check unrelated ice-involved collision. 32. Omaha, Neb. Jan. 31. 24-year-old struck…

Hit-and-Run America

Well this first one doesn’t add to the tally, because I’ve been numbering the ones I see with no arrests (in some cases, yet). But a shoplifting suspicion/likely-arrest led to a 39-year-old widely-respected documentary editor in New York CIty. That…

Hit-and-Run America

Continued. 18. Vallejo, Calif. Jan. 25. Blue sedan strikes, critically injures 39-year-old man crossing the street. 19. St. Bernard Parish, La. Jan. 25. 37-year-old woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle. Then struck by another vehicle, the driver of which…

Coming next week …

… or sometime soon, I’m going to start tracking hit-and-runs from across the country on here. I’ve already started getting some public-figure help in an effort to strengthen the penalties in Pa. — much more on that later — but…