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.
7069. Mill Creek, Wash. Aug. 26. 53-year-old man on a bicycle critically injured when struck by a silver SUV which fled the scene.
7070. Huntsville, Ala. Aug. 25. Man injured when struck by a gray or silver sedan which fled the scene.
7071-76. Indianapolis, Ind. Aug. 26. Five pedestrians and a motorcyclist injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; driver later arrested.
7077. Kennewick, Wash. Aug. 26. 53-year-old man in a wheelchair fatally struck by a dark-colored “boxy” older sedan which fled the scene.
7078. Columbia, SC. Aug. 22. Pedestrian fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
7079. Denver, Colo. Aug. 26. Pedestrian injured when struck by a dark-colored sedan which fled the scene.
7080. San Jose, Cal. Aug. 27. Woman fatally struck by a vehicle which the driver ditched and fled the scene.
7081. Beverly Hills, Cal. Aug. 25. Man fatally struck by a dark or black four-door sedan and dark-colored minivan or SUV which fled the scene.
Related stories:
And I quote (I)…
New Orleans police are investigating a hit and run accident that claimed the life of a 35-year-old mother of three.
The accident happened Sunday around 9:30 p.m., but the NOPD didn’t release details about the crime until Tuesday morning.
According to police, Gaidrelle Chamberlin was on her motorcycle, not far from home, when tragedy struck.
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Nearly a year after a Port Aransas man was killed during a hit-and-run, the accused driver remains free.
Dustin Willis, 26, was fatally hit by a pickup about 1 a.m. Oct. 12, and the driver fled, Port Aransas police have said.
Police obtained a warrant about two weeks later for John Burwell Pope, 36, who turned himself in to the Nueces County Jail. Pope was released on $50,000 bail Oct. 28, jail officials said.
The case has not been turned over to the Nueces County District Attorney’s Office for prosecution because detectives are trying to track down witnesses, Port Aransas Police Chief Scott Burroughs said.
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Police searched for a hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a pedestrian crossing a South Gate street, and detectives hoped a just-released video of the suspect car will help them track down the motorist.
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VENTURA, Calif. – A 28-year-old Camarillo man accused of hitting and killing a pedestrian pleaded not guilty Tuesday to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
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“I kept on saying, ‘Just keep on breathing, son. Just keep on breathing.’ But he was so hurt,” she said.
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“I left the house at 6:15 a.m. and started driving down there and saw it all taped off,” Michael Coleman said. “I got my work truck and I always get gas at the PSC station. I heard a little boy got struck and I rushed home and ran upstairs to make sure our 13-year-old son was okay.”
“I didn’t know it was my son at the time,” said Coleman, explaining that police went to his home hours later and notified his wife about their eldest son’s death.
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A woman who pleaded guilty to injuring a Gulf Breeze police officer while fleeing a traffic stop in January has been sentenced to 15 years in state prison.
Circuit Judge Gary Bergosh sentenced Amy Lee Giorgio, 31, for an array of offenses Thursday afternoon, chief among them a charge of aggravated battery upon a law enforcement officer.
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Police are looking into a whether there is a possible connection between a deadly shooting in Yonkers and a deadly hit-and-run in the same city.
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“It is bittersweet. The family gets some type of closure with the civil end of it. We focus on the criminal end of it and I want people to know out there that we are still investigating it. This is not the end because the civil case was settled. So all the hundreds of phone calls, letters and support we received, we are going to continue to investigate like we would any other case,” said Evans Police Chief Ernest Masullo.
Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Detroit, Mich.; North Strabane Twp., Pa.; Huntsville, Ala.; San Bernardino, Cal.
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.)