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.
15410. An investigation is underway after a hit-and-run left a person dead along a Sacramento road Thursday morning. Sacramento police say, around 7 a.m., officers responded near Roseville Road and Longview Drive to investigate reports of a body on the ground. First responders found a man at the scene who was soon pronounced dead, police say.
15411. Police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who killed a man in South Los Angeles. The victim was identified as Jose Martinez, 40, by the Los Angeles Police Department.
15412. Police in Davie are investigating a hit-and-run that that they said left a pedestrian dead early Friday morning.
15413. LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Police are asking for the public’s help to locate a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run that left a woman hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.
15414. SAN ANTONIO — A 61-year-old man was allegedly hit by a car and San Antonio police are currently looking for the driver.
15415. Police are asking the public for help finding the vehicle and driver responsible for a hit-and-run that left a person in Ithaca injured. The Ithaca Police Department stated that a vehicle hit a person on the 500 block of Spencer Road at around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15. The vehicle fled the scene after hitting the pedestrian.
15416. The Athens Police Department is asking for the public’s help in searching for the driver responsible for the deadly hit-and-run Saturday night. According to APD, at around 10:15 p.m., the department responded to the area of Highway 72 East and Old Decatur Road outside of the Walmart after reports of a man getting hit by a vehicle. Officers, firefighters and EMS personnel found the man dead in the roadway. APD said the vehicle had fled the scene immediately before emergency workers arrived.
15417. Police are asking for the public’s help finding the driver who struck a woman and fled the scene Friday night in Westbury. Detectives say the 63-year-old victim was hit around 11 p.m. as she walked up the parking lot roadway near Westbury Music Fair.
15418. The New Jersey State Police on Saturday asked for the public’s assistance in an investigation into a fatal hit-and-run crash on the Garden State Parkway the evening prior. Jose Cerda-Estevez, 33, of Plainfield, was fatally injured after being struck by multiple unknown vehicles on the highway just before 6 p.m. The vehicles all failed to stop at the scene, the state police said.
15419. Dallas police are searching for the driver of a vehicle that fatally struck a 6-year-old girl and drove off Sunday night. Officers responded to a call about a hit-and-run around 10:25 p.m. Sunday in the 5900 block of Belt Line Road. Surveillance footage shows a young girl running from an apartment complex into oncoming traffic, weaving between cars as some drivers slowed down to take notice. A driver in a white, newer model Acura MDX was traveling westbound on Belt Line Road when they struck the girl in the street, according to police.
15420. Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that killed a woman in downtown Indianapolis Tuesday morning. According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, officers responded to a report of a serious bodily injury crash in the area of West Michigan Street and North Illinois Street just before 8 a.m.
15421. The Seattle Police Department’s Traffic Collision Investigative Squad is asking the public for help in finding the suspect who hit and killed a person with their car earlier this month.
15422. PORTAGE, Mich. — Officers from the Portage Department of Public Safety (PDPS) are asking the public for help in identifying a driver who they believe was involved in a hit and run with a bicyclist Monday night.
15423. The Detroit Police Department is searching for the driver who they say hit and killed a man with their car earlier this month on the city’s west side.
15424. A person was struck and killed by a vehicle on Tuesday in a hit-and-run in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, police said. The hit-and-run happened at about 8 p.m. on Black Horse Pike in front of the Economy Inn in the West Atlantic City section of Egg Harbor Township, according to police.
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.)