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.
6886. Lockport, NY. July 14. 16-year-old bicyclist injured when struck by a maroon four-door vehicle which fled the scene.
6887. Austin, Texas. July 16. 24-year-old woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
6888. Waukegan, Ill. July 14. 54-year-old man on bicycle fatally struck by a green sedan which fled the scene.
6889. Tallahassee, Fla. July 15. 43-year-old man fatally struck by a sedan which fled the scene.
6890. Vancouver, Wash. July 15. Bicyclist injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
6891. Ulster, NY. July 16. 27-year-old man injured when struck by a gray Toyota Corolla which fled the scene.
6892-93. New Castle, Del. July 16. 37-year-old woman killed and 32-year-old woman injured when struck by a silver 2007-2011 model Nissan Altima which fled the scene.
6894. Richmond, Va. July 17. 3-year-old girl injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
6895. Tinley Park, Ill. July 18. 54-year-old woman fatally struck by a dark-colored 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee which fled the scene.
6896. Hartford, Ct. July 18. Man fatally struck by a dark-grey sedan which fled the scene.
6897. Brattleboro, Vt. 41-year-old pedestrian injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
6898. Toledo, Ohio. July 17. Pedestrian injured when struck by a black Cadillac with Ohio plate 430 YAH which fled the scene.
6899. San Antonio, Texas. July 16. 30-year-old woman on bicycle injured when struck by a red Toyota Tundra pickup truck which fled the scene.
6900. Glendale, Ariz. July 16. 15-year-old boy fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
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And I quote (I)…
T-Jay was killed in a hit-and-run accident Sunday afternoon while riding his bicycle not far from home. Police would tell his father a driver hit him, stopped her car to look at the stricken boy, and sped off after a passenger in her car told her to leave.
Two people in another car wrote down the woman’s license plate number, called 911, and followed her until police arrived. Two more stayed with T-Jay as he lay dying in the street.
That is what has stayed with Tyrone Tillman in the long nights since his son was killed. He refers to T-Jay in the present tense, recounts happy memories with a smile. But he cries when he thinks of the strangers who comforted his son in his last minutes.
“I had thought he was just out there on the street by himself,” he said at his Harrowgate home Thursday afternoon. “I hope that I could be that strong for someone else.”
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A 75-year-old Owings Mills man charged with hitting two bicyclists in Stevenson last year pleaded guilty in the case Wednesday in Baltimore County Circuit Court.
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“It’s hard to go on day-to-day,” Roshonda said. “It’s like I have a mask on, pretending that I’m okay, and I’m not.”
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“Everybody who met him, loved him. He always had a smile on his face,” said Lora Cantrell, his sister-in-law. “I don’t care what was going on, he still had a smile on his face.”
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DALLAS — Police in Dallas have arrested a man who allegedly struck a biker and then drove off with the man lodged in his windshield.
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The Temple Hills man who is accused of striking and killing a 32-year-old woman on the Suitland Parkway on Tuesday had an open container of alcohol in the vehicle and was driving nearly 40 mph above the speed limit, according to D.C. Superior Court records.
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As of Wednesday, the 41-year-old remains in “extremely critical” condition, according to police. No suspects in the case have been identified yet, and there is no description of the car at this time, police said.
“We’re investigating all contacts and leads, and we’re working with the Turnpike Authority,” Bayonne police Sgt. Timothy Wilgus said. “Someone knows something.”
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Authorities are searching for a sport utility vehicle that they say collided with a police cruiser in southern New Jersey and then fled the scene.
Waterford police say officer Darren Carrero suffered some bumps and minor bruises in Friday afternoon’s crash but was back at work on Saturday.
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LIBERAL, Kansas – Liberal police say a case of beer was stolen from a 43-year-old man, a victim in a hit-and-run crash. It happened Tuesday evening around 8:45 p.m.
As emergency responders were attending to the victim, investigating officers learned that the suspect approached the 43-year-old man, stole a case of beer and then ran.
As the victim was pursuing suspect, a maroon Grand Prix driven by an unknown woman arrived. The suspect threw the case of beer into the open window of the vehicle and ran around the front of the car. As the victim attempted to reach for the passenger door, the car accelerated and made a left turn, hitting the victim.
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A Rock Hill woman charged with DUI after a hit-and-run collision Wednesday was reportedly at a church looking for an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting before the crash, according to Rock Hill Police.
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Veteran New Orleans police officer Vernell Brown Jr., who had been in a coma for five days since he was struck by a car on U.S. 90, died Friday (July 17). Police Department spokesman Tyler Gamble said funeral arrangements were pending.
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The defense team of 18-year-old Michael Hobbs told a judge Friday that as he matures, he will better understand the consequences of stealing a Chevy Tahoe and causing a hit-and-run crash that left two dead. The experience, the lawyers said, will certainly change his behavior over time.
The judge, Stephanie Rothstein, agreed but said the best place for Hobbs to learn those lessons is behind bars.
“You need a long time to arrive at these conclusions because your conduct was so dangerous and showed utter disregard for human life,” Rothstein said during Hobbs’ sentencing hearing Friday in Milwaukee County Circuit Court.
She sentenced Hobbs to 30 years in prison for a February crash that killed 74-year-old Bernard Hanson and 64-year-old Mary Hanson, a married couple who were a block away from their home on Milwaukee’s southwest side. In the moments before the crash, Hobbs blew past a stop sign and reached speeds of almost 80 mph in a residential neighborhood near S. 84th St. and W. Wilbur Ave.
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EVANS CITY (AP) — State police are marking the 13th anniversary of the unsolved hit-and-run deaths of two western Pennsylvania teenagers with a reminder of a $20,000 reward.
Police believe Shawn Baur and Scott Fosnaught Jr., both 15, were run down by a vehicle along a rural road in Forward Township, Butler County, on July 17, 2002.
State police have yet to arrest anyone in the deaths of the boys, who were killed about 1:30 a.m.
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“Finding the person won’t bring my little brother back, but it will do a little bit in the justice for his memory,” said Michael Abell.
Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Orlando, Fla.; Washington, D.C.; Middletown, NJ; Carrollton, Texas; Indianapolis, Ind.; Huntington Beach, Cal.; Milwaukee, Wisc.; Austin, Texas; Riverside, Cal.; Washington, D.C.; Erie, Colo.; Acton, Maine; Brattleboro, Vt.; Estherville, Iowa; Lexington, Ky.
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.)