1-year-old Kyree Kelly was in a stroller when a hit-and-run driver knocked him to the ground.
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.
6525. Dorchester, Mass. April 25. 4-year-old boy injured when struck by a gray Audi which fled the scene.
6526. South Strabane, Pa. April 22. Man in his 20s injured when struck by a white four-door sedan which fled the scene.
6527-28. Antioch, Cal. April 24. 10- and 11-year-old boys on bicycles injured when struck by a silver Chrysler Concorde which fled the scene.
6529. Miami-Dade, Fla. April 26. Man in his 40s fatally struck by a dark-colored vehicle which fled the scene.
6530. Austin, Texas. April 26. Pedestrian fatally struck by an unknown vehicle(s) which fled the scene.
6531. Gastonia, NC. April 26. 28-year-old woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
6532. Birch Run Twp., Mich. April 26. 24-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
6533. Greenville, SC. April 26. 7-year-old injured when struck by a black Mercedes SUV which fled the scene.
6534. Slaton, Texas. April 26. Man fatally struck by a dark SUV which fled the scene.
6535. Cassopolis, Ind. April 26. 25-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
6536. Honolulu, Hi. April 26. Elderly woman critically injured when struck by a dark blue or black sedan which fled the scene.
6537. Boston, Mass. April 25. Child injured when struck by a gray Audi which fled the scene.
6538. Huntington Beach, Cal. April 28. 85-year-old woman injured when struck by a newer model, charcoal gray Dodge Challenger which fled the scene.
6539. Hanover Twp., Pa. April 28. Man injured when struck by a dark red minivan which fled the scene.
6540. Tangipahoa Parish, La. April 27. Pedestrian fatally struck by an Altima which fled the scene.
6541. Fulton County, Ga. April 28. 40-year-old man fatally struck by a Chevrolet which fled the scene.
6542. Houston, Texas. April 27. 61-year-old man fatally struck by a silver Dodge which fled the scene.
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And I quote (I)…
Coral Gables Police say they’ve made an arrest in a fatal hit and run crash that happened in March.
Police say they’ve arrested and charged Juan Carlos Redero with three felonies, including tampering with evidence and leaving the scene of a crash causing death.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The family of a 47-year-old woman mowed down by a speeding hit-and-run driver five years ago on a Stapleton street while trying to fix her disabled vehicle, has settled its wrongful-death lawsuit for $250,000.
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FORT WORTH A man and a woman have been arrested on murder warrants, accused of fatally injuring a 28-year-old man by running him down with an SUV last month outside a north Fort Worth strip club.
Khristopher Jason Liserio, 31, was arrested Friday afternoon at a west Fort Worth apartment complex.
He was being booked into the Mansfield Jail on Friday, with bail set at $75,000 in the murder case. He was also to be held without bail on a parole violation warrant.
His girlfriend, Emmy Dawn Furr, 19, was arrested Wednesday night and remained in the Mansfield Jail, with bail set at $25,000.
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Police said they found 36-year-old Marsha Santoro hiding in a shallow hole where she had tried to cover herself with dirt.
Around 6 p.m. Friday, police said Santoro was driving northbound on North 22nd Street when a child riding a Big Wheel rolled out of a driveway and Santoro hit the child.
Witnesses told officers Santoro attempted to drive away, but when that didn’t work, she got out of her Ford F-150 pickup and walked off toward Washougal River Road, according to police.
Police said a K-9 unit tracked Santoro to the hole that she was hiding in. When officers gave Santoro a warning, she surrendered, according to police.
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The family and friends of two men hit by an unidentified vehicle April 18, killing one and injuring the other, are encouraging the driver responsible to turn himself in and asking the public to call police with any information about the accident.
“If he could at least come forward,” said Diane Swafford, the wife of Terry “Wayne” Swafford, who died from his injuries. “If somebody knows any information — there’s no leads at all.”
As they did many nights a week, Swafford, 32, and his brother-in-law Jason Cable, 40, were riding their bikes home from work around 3 a.m. that Saturday.
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“News that I had taken a life shook me to my core. Finding out he was my age destroyed me,” Mannix said, crying and pausing for a few seconds. “Not a day has passed that I never thought about Alex.”
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(CNN) One of the biggest stars in mixed martial arts is wanted for questioning after a hit-and-run crash in New Mexico.
Jon “Bones” Jones, the reigning UFC light heavyweight champion, is considered a suspect in a hit-and-run accident Sunday morning, Albuquerque police confirmed to CNN Sports.
According to the police report, a silver SUV made an illegal turn at a red light, hitting a passing car and knocking that car into a third vehicle. The police report says witnesses saw a man exit the silver SUV and flee on foot. Witnesses reported that the man then returned to the SUV where he “grabbed a large hand full of cash,” which he shoved into his pants before jumping a fence and running away.
And I quote (VIII)…
MENTOR, OH – In the end, it was the license plate that gave her away.
Mentor police solved a hit and run crash on Saturday all because of a license plate imprint left on the van that was hit.
And I quote (IX)…
Police have made an arrest in the hit-and-run collision that injured three bicyclists near Alamo Square earlier this month, Officer Grace Gatpandan said Tuesday.
Bianca Lopez, a 25-year-old Fremont resident, reportedly surrendered to police Friday after she was publicly identified as the suspect.
Lopez is accused of driving a black Jeep Cherokee that rammed another vehicle near the intersection of Fell and Scott streets about 5:40 p.m. April 2. The Jeep then fled south on Scott Street, but in the northbound lane, striking three bicyclists — one of whom was thrown at least 20 feet.
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“If I had taken one more step, just been out a little further, my children would be dead,” Nikita said. “That was wrong. You hit a child. If you hit a child, you’re supposed to stop and make sure they’re OK at least. It showed me he didn’t care.”
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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.)