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.
4048. Southwest Miami-Dade, Fla. Aug. 17. 51-year-old man critically injured when struck by a Volvo which fled the scene.
4049. Brighton, Mich. Aug. 17. 40-year-old woman on bicycle struck by a 2001-2002 Chrysler Sebring or Dodge Stratus which fled the scene.
4050-51. Myrtle Beach, SC. Aug. 17. 21-year-old man killed and another injured when their moped was struck by a newer model Nissan Pathfinder SUV which fled the scene.
4052. Queens, NY. Aug. 18. Police officer injured when struck by a white Pontiac SUV with New Jersey plates which fled the scene.
4053. Studio City, Cal. Aug. 17. 35-year-old man fatally struck by a white Mercedes which fled the scene.
4054. Springfield, Ill. Aug. 16. 65-year-old man injured when struck by an older-model grey vehicle which fled the scene.
4055. Waldorf, Md. Aug. 17. 34-year-old man in wheelchair critically injured when struck by a white Ford truck which fled the scene. (Update: Driver found)
4056. Sherman Oaks, Cal. Aug. 18. 22-year-old man fatally struck by a silver Hyundai which fled the scene.
4057. Southaven, Tenn. Aug. 16. 3-year-old girl suffers minor injuries when struck by a small, white car which fled the scene.
4058. Columbus, Ohio. Aug. 18. Pedestrian seriously injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4059. Beech Grove, Ind. Aug. 18. Man fatally struck by a a late ‘90s model station wagon, a Mercury Sable or Ford Taurus which fled the scene.
Austin (KXAN) – It’s a rising problem here in town; hit and run crashes – many of them fatal. Since 2012 there have been more than 600 hit and run accidents.
Austin Police are still looking for a hit and run suspect that ran over a cyclist with a disability in front of a Dairy Queen last month.
Patricia Rinehart says she will never forget the phone call alerting that her brother had been involved in a terrible accident.
“He was doing the right thing at the wrong time,” said Rinehart. “My brother had a broken leg 7 broken ribs and a punctured kidney.”
Surveillance video at the Dairy Queen on North Lamar near Payton Gin Road caught the entire accident on tape.
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Authorities Sunday said they have arrested a 50-year-old unlicensed driver in connection with a hit-and-run crash that left a 3-year-old boy seriously injured.
Allegheny County Police charged a Moon man in connection with a fatal hit-and-run incident Sunday morning along Route 65 in Leetsdale.
Shontelle Harvey, 41, was arrested for homicide by vehicle, driving under the influence and other charges in connection with the death of Charles Britt, 67, of Penn Hills.
A man critically injured in a hit-and-run accident late Sunday in Beech Grove has died following a bizarre chain of events.
Ronald Vanatta, 33, Indianapolis, fell out of a pickup truck and was struck by another vehicle. Earlier the same day he was stabbed at a bar fight and later arrested on a preliminary charge of disorderly conduct after causing a disturbance at Wishard Memorial Hospital, according to police reports.
Vanatta fell out of the pickup truck about 11 p.m. Sunday in the 3700 block of Emerson Avenue. He was struck by a dark-colored station wagon, a woman accompanying him told police.
“We respond to every one. We just can’t investigate every one,” Stanford said. “It’s not that it’s not important, because it is. But that’s just the harsh reality of it: We have a city that has a lot more going on than auto accidents, so we have to dedicate more of our time to making our inner-city streets safer from violence.”
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.)
Memorial for Chicago hit-and-run victim Norman Esho (from WGN)
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.
4060. Pasadena, Md. Aug. 20. Unidentified woman fatally struck by a 1982 to 1991 Mercedes 500 series which fled the scene.
4061. Shreveport, La. Aug. 20. 35-year-old man suffers life-threatening injuries when struck by a 2000-2006 white GMC Yukon which fled the scene.
4062. Fort Lee, NJ. Aug. 23. 35-year-old woman suffers potentially life-threatening injuries when struck by a black vehicle which fled the scene.
4063. Philadelphia, Pa. Aug. 21. Police bicycle officer struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; driver later caught.
4064. Oroville, Cal. Aug. 16. 53-year-old man on bicycle injured when struck by a silver Ford Taurus which fled the scene.
4065. Chicago, Ill. Aug. 20. 83-year-old man killed when struck by a red or maroon SUV, possibly a Suburban or Tahoe,
which fled the scene. (Update: Surveillance photos released)
4066. Phillipsburg, Pa. Aug. 22. 10-year-old boy injured when struck by a black sedan which fled the scene.
4067-68. Memphis, Tenn. Aug. 18. 34-year-old woman and 37-year-old man fatally struck by a white, 4-door Toyota pick-up truck which fled the scene.
4069. Fort Worth, Texas. Aug. 21. 51-year-old man fatally struck by a metallic burgundy Toyota Scion which fled the scene.
4070. Azle, Texas. Aug. 17. Pedestrian fatally struck by a light-colored Ford truck which fled the scene.
4071. East Setauket, NY. Aug. 23. Unidentified pedestrian fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4072. Fort Wayne, Ind. Aug. 19. 31-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4073. Park Heights, Md. Aug. 21. 8-year-old boy leaving football practice injured when struck by a black four-door Jaguar which fled the scene.
PCH is a documentary film. It explores why so many people are killed in Malibu on Pacific Coast Highway. It addresses why this horrific reality isn’t rectified. The film exposes obsolete road infrastructure and insufficient traffic regulation. It examines Malibu’s nuances— an internationally recognized hub for surfing and cycling— and its particular safety hazards.
According to police, 21-year-old Richard Bernard Byers Jr. was found lying alongside the roadway in the 2700 block of West Mountain Street shortly before 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13. Byers was taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center with “visible injuries to his head.” He passed away a couple days later.
Officers investigated and learned the woman had been in an argument with her husband, who had hit her with the front of a green Toyota, knocking her to the ground and causing a minor head injury, police said.
Police arrested Marc Gamache, 50, of Conant Road, Nashua, and charged him with felony reckless conduct and misdemeanor simple assault, police said.
“We don’t even want to hint this is road rage because we don’t have anything at this moment,” Young said later. “At the very least, it appears to be a hit-and-run with a fatality.”
OAKLAND — Rich Fletcher, a building inspector known to family and friends as “Dick,” may never walk again after a hit-and-run crash that led to a CHP officer shooting the driver suspected of hitting him, according to a family spokeswoman.
The 47-year-old Antioch resident, who was allegedly struck on his motorcycle by 32-year-old Concord resident David Alcairo on Friday, remains at Highland Hospital with a broken spine, four broken ribs and severe road rash, according to family spokeswoman Mandy Benny.
“You touch him even slightly, and pain just shoots out everywhere,” Benny said. “And he remembers everything.”
The city-wide hit-and-run epidemic in Los Angeles is no secret; many of you may have been the victims (or culprits) of one. While reports of these accidents continue to almost make daily headlines—our hit-and-run coverage is evidence enough—one man has made it his personal mission to bring this crisis to an end.
Detective Felix Padilla of the Los Angeles Police Department’s traffic division recently sat down with 20/20 to discuss what he’s seen in over a decade of work on the force and the reasons behind the high rate of hit-and-runs in L.A.
During the sit-down, Padilla, who mainly investigates fatal accidents, says, “The things that I’ve done, the things that I’ve seen, the average person doesn’t see in their lifetime. I think most cops can agree with that, for better or worse.” He also laid out the numbers, stating that roughly half of all car accidents in the city are hit-and-runs, and an average of 8,000 hit-and-run incidents are handled annually by his division alone. So far this year, 16 hit-and-runs have proved fatal.
Nearly three years since her daughter, 22-year-old Doreen Cardenas, died after being struck by a van in North Aurora, Rodriguez made another trip to court. On Wednesday, it was to hear Kane County Judge James Hallock sentence Lee R. Patterson, the man who drove the van, to seven years in prison.
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.)
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.
4074. Philadelphia, Pa. Aug. 22. 23-year-old woman injured when struck by an older-model grey or silver Oldsmobile which fled the scene.
4075. Landover, Md. Aug. 22. Woman killed when struck by a gold SUV which fled the scene.
4076. Hatboro, Pa. Aug. 22. 15-year-old boy on bicycle injured when struck by a red sedan which fled the scene.
4077-78. Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 23. Two women seriously injured when struck by a stolen rental car from which the driver fled the scene.
4079. Garden City, Idaho. Aug. 24. 25-year-old man critically injured when struck by a dark SUV which fled the scene.
4080. Hattiesburg, Miss. Aug. 22. 64-year-old man fatally struck by a white Ford F-250 which fled the scene.
4081. Philadelphia, Pa. Aug. 25. 23-year-old woman critically injured when struck by a taxi which fled the scene.
4082. Lake City, Fla. Aug. 25. Woman injured when struck by a red Jeep Grand Cherokee which fled the scene but was later found, driver arrested.
4083. Youngstown, Ohio. Aug. 22. 53-year-old woman fatally struck by a medium blue 1998-2005 Pontiac Grand Am which fled the scene.
4084. Reseda, Cal. Aug. 26. Elderly man in a wheelchair fatally struck by a black two-door Nissan 360ZX which fled the scene.
4085. Columbus, Ohio. Aug. 24. Police officer struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4086. Madison, Wisc. Aug. 27. Construction worker suffers non-life-threatening injuries when struck by a stolen vehicle which fled the scene.
4087. Santa Ana, Cal. Aug. 27. 85-year-old man killed when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; driver later surrenders.
4088. Westtown, NY. Aug. 27. 86-year-old man fatally struck by a small gray or silver SUV, possibly a 2006 or 2007 Subaru Tribeca, which fled the scene.
4089. Milpitas, Cal. Aug. 10. 52-year-old man injured when struck by a maroon SUV which fled the scene.
4090-91. Fort Worth, Texas. Aug. 28. Two pedestrians injured when struck by an older model Cadillac which fled the scene.
4092. Millcreek, Utah. Aug. 27. 43-year-old woman injured when struck by a 2001-03 Acura TL sedan which fled the scene. (Update: Vehicle found)
4093. Neptune Twp., NJ. Aug. 28. 27-year-old man fatally struck by a 2005 to 2010 Dodge Durango which fled the scene.
4094. High Point, NC. Aug. 27. 47-year-old man on bicycle injured when struck by a dark-colored car which fled the scene.
Eight-year-old Brandon Green was playing on the edge of Savely Drive in Hendersonville on May 1, 1992, when he was hit by a car whose driver left the scene. The second-grade student at Gene Brown Elementary died the next day at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.
Two decades later, Hendersonville police have reopened the case and hope to solve the crime with the public’s help.
“We’re just trying to develop something that will give this family closure,” said Hendersonville Police Department Detective Sgt. Denney Coarsey.
ATWATER — Atwater police said they are looking for a man suspected of crashing a stolen car he was driving into one used by his girlfriend, which police said was also stolen, according to Cpl. William Novetzke.
Fort Wayne police have a man they would like to interview about Monday’s hit-and-run crash that has been ruled a homicide.
On Friday, police asked for the public’s help in finding Jacinto A. Barrios, 31. They called him a “suspect wanted for questioning” in the death of Marco Antonio Vinas-Herran but declined to elaborate on what that meant. Barrios has not been charged with a crime in this case.
OREM — A Pleasant Grove man has been booked into jail after 22-year-old Ashlee Zimmer was killed in a hit-and-run accident early Sunday morning while sitting on the curb across from her home.
Two pedestrians struck by a car in central Kansas City Monday afternoon may have been trying to carjack the vehicle before they were struck, police said.
PHOENIX — The driver accused of stealing a car and hitting two pedestrians in a parking lot told police he drank about 30 beers in the hours leading up to the incident.
According to court documents, 25-year-old Guadalupe Castaneda stole a 2010 Dodge Charger early Sunday morning in the parking lot of Bukkanas Bar at 17th Avenue and Camelback Road.
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.)
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.
4095. Houston, Texas. Aug. 31. 22-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4096. Bronx, NY. Aug. 31. 24-year-old woman fatally struck by a light-colored SUV which fled the scene. (Update: Arrest)
4097. Los Vegas, Nev. Aug. 31. 24-year-old man critically injured struck by a black vehicle which fled the scene.
4098. Deerfield Beach, Fla. Aug. 31. 29-year-old man fatally struck by a beige 1992-93 Toyota Camry or similar type vehicle which fled the scene.
4099. Aurora, Colo. Aug. 30. Unidentified man injured when struck by a older brown or maroon Suburban type vehicle which fled the scene.
4100. Dix Hills, NY. Labor Day. 44-year-old man on bicycle fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; driver later arrested.
4100-01. Clearwater, Fla. Labor Day. 25-year-old man dies and 27-year-old woman critically injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4103. Hilliard, Ohio. Aug. 31. 44-year-old man on bicycle injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4104. Lincoln, Neb. Sept. 1. 33-year-old man suffers head injuries when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
A female bicyclist injured in a hit-and-run accident last week in Millcreek has been upgraded to serious condition, while police on Saturday continued seeking the driver’s identity.
Unified Police Lt. Justin Hoyal said Friday that “the victim is improving and stable,” after having been listed initially as critical after Tuesday’s accident.
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.)
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.
4105. Philadelphia, Pa. Sept. 7. 9-year-old girl injured when struck by a which driver who dropped her and her mother off at the hospital and then fled the scene.
4106. Philadelphia, Pa. Sept. 7. 5-year-old boy injured when struck by a mid-2000s silver Cadillac which fled the scene.
4107. Hilliard, Ohio. Sept. 1. 44-year-old man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4108. Akron, Ohio. Sept. 4. 58-year-old woman fatally struck by a driver who fled the scene but was later arrested.
4109. Norfolk, Va. Sept. 5. 3-year-old girl injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4110. Lee’s Summit, Mo. Sept. 5. Man in his 30s fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4111-12. New Orleans, La. Sept. 2. 24-year-old woman and 26-year-old man injured when struck by a dark blue Cadillac or Oldsmobile driven by a man in a fedora which fled the scene.
4113. Beverly Hills, Cal. Sept. 5. 33-year-old man fatally struck by a gray or green four-door hard top Jeep Wrangler which fled the scene.
4114. Tulsa, Okla. Sept. 6. Man fatally struck by two vehicles, one of which fled the scene.
4115. Philadelphia, Pa. Sept. 6. 40-year-old woman injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene but driver later surrendered.
4116. St. Mary’s, WV. Sept. 5. 39-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
Thanks to a new law enacted Sept. 1, Texas drivers will now face tougher penalties for hit-and-run collisions.
Under the new mandate, failure to stop and render aid is now a second-degree felony instead of third degree. In Austin alone this year, 54 people have been killed in car crashes, and 11 of them were victims of hit-and-runs.
Detective Mike Larosa with the Austin Police Department investigates deadly crashes. He said just recently, a driver slammed into another car after running a red light, killing the other driver. The suspect tried to make a run for it, but an eye witness helped police catch him before he could get too far.
The Clearwater Police Department said they have made an arrest in the deadly hit and run accident involving a tandem bicycle on the Memorial Causeway on Monday.
Chief Anthony Holloway announced police have arrested 29-year-old Christopher Weed of Dunedin Tuesday night. He says a tip from Crimestoppers and someone on the beach led to the arrest.
Detectives say they found Weed’s pickup truck in his back yard. They say Weed’s story was fuzzy at best.
LONGMONT — City officials deny that Longmont police officers acted negligently on New Year’s Eve just prior to a hit-and-run crash that left a 16-year-old Denver boy dead after he tried to flee a fight.
“During our review, it was determined that there was no negligence on the part of the city of Longmont employees,” city claims adjuster Kim Brunson wrote in a letter to Kevin Carlock, attorney for Jason Grimmer’s mother, Cara Tedeschi.
SAN FRANCISCO — A city employee has been arrested after striking and killing a woman with a Recreation and Parks truck Thursday afternoon, then fleeing the scene of the collision, police said.
The woman, who was with her child and her dog at Holly Park in the city’s Bernal Heights neighborhood, was not immediately identified.
University of Louisville Police officers continued searching this week for the suspect in Louisville football player Lorenzo Mauldin’s Aug. 28 hit-and-run accident.
Police continue to search for a hit-and-run driver who left a bicyclist seriously injured last month.
Around 1 a.m. on Sunday August 4, 32-year-old Molly Meinbresse was traveling east on the Korean Veterans Memorial Bridge when she was struck from behind by a car.
“I think that person is going to have to come forward on their own, I don’t think the description is enough for us to find them,” Molly said before leaving the hospital on Thursday.
Molly has been through extensive physical therapy and surgeries over the last four weeks. Her injuries range from a broken pelvis, tibia and fibia to some brain damage.
“I had my helmet on and I’m so thankful I did because I think it saved my life,” she adds.
EAST SETAUKET (WABC) — Suffolk County police are now offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a hit-and-run driver who left a man to die on the street in Setauket.
Police say Joseph Santiago was walking on Ridgeway Avenue around 1:20 a.m. on August 23 when he was struck by a westbound white vehicle that fled the scene.
Montville — An Oakdale man who served prison time in connection with a 2008 fatal hit-and-run accident was arrested Sunday on a slew of charges, including driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
State police said they arrested Jeffrey Socha, 26, of 3 Ventura Drive, after a motor vehicle stop on Route 32.
Socha was also charged with disobeying an officer’s signal, possession of less than a half ounce of marijuana, tampering with evidence, interfering with police and failure to drive right.
Socha was sentenced Dec. 29, 2011, to six years in prison, suspended after 20 months served and three years probation after he pleaded guilty to negligent homicide with a motor vehicle and evading responsibility in connection with the hit-and-run accident that killed 59-year-old Fu Quan Liu on Route 32 near Sandy Desert Road. Liu was a Mohegan Sun worker walking in a crosswalk when he was struck and killed.
Wamley was eventually tracked down at a home in Sanford where they found him hiding in the attic. He was arrested, and so was the homeowner, 38-year-old Roger Dale Dean.
The arrest of a hit-and-run driver offered closure to a Memphis widow.
Ruben Garcia was charged with Malcon Rodgers’ murder nearly two years after his death. Mildred Rodgers has waited 18 long months to hear about an arrest in the death of her husband who was killed as he rode his motorcycle on Third Street near Raines Road.
Police also charged Ruben Garcia for driving without a license. Investigators say Garcia was driving a truck belonging to a home remodeling company truck when he hit Rodgers.
Mildred says she did not think anyone would be arrested after 18 months.
“I was very, very shocked, because I didn’t hear anything about the case for a very long time,” she said.
She says it has been hard for her and her family not having closure.
“It’s really hard,” she said. “It’s almost like someone that left and you don’t know what happened … I’m getting to a place now where I have forgive [the driver] but at the same time I do want justice.”
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.)
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.
4117. Mt. Clemens, Mich. Aug. 31. 53-year-old woman injured when struck by a dark sedan which fled the scene.
4118. Rockford, Ill. Sept. 11. Construction worker fatally struck by a red minivan which fled the scene.
4119. Swampscott, Mass. Sept. 10. 51-year-old woman injured when struck by a dark red, grey or black minivan or SUV which fled the scene.
4120. Huntington Beach, Cal. Sept. 10. Unidentified vehicle fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene. (Update: Driver found)
4121-22. Tampa, Fla. Sept. 10. Two men injured when struck by a silver four-door Mitsubishi which fled the scene.
4123. Philadelphia, Pa. Sept. 11. Pedestrian injured after being struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4124. Centennial, Colo. Sept. 11. 13-year-old boy injured when struck by a black 1970s model Chevy step-side pickup truck which fled the scene after dropping the boy off.
The man hit and injured by a co-worker during an argument over who would drive after a night out drinking has died of his injuries, according to Wilkes-Barre police.
Shane Stewart, 25, was pronounced dead at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Plains Township on Monday evening, police said. He was critically injured early Monday.
Stewart’s coworker, Patrick R. Ramirez, 25, of Blue Spring, Mo., was charged Monday with aggravated assault by vehicle, leaving the scene of an accident, driving under the influence and careless driving. It wasn’t immediately clear how Stewart’s death would impact the charges. Police said an investigation was continuing.
CORPUS CHRISTI — A hit and run victim is speaking out today, because she says police would not help her when she called them not just once, but 3 times!
“If you hit somebody, if you don’t stop, thats, it wrong, its morally wrong, its legally wrong, its just wrong all across the board,” said the woman who would rather now show her face, for fear of retaliation.
A Williamstown man who went on a hit-and-run spree in Cherry Hill ended up under arrest at the Moorestown Mall late Sunday afternoon, Moorestown Police said. (H/T @MJLovell)
MEMPHIS, TN – (WMC-TV) – Signs demanding justice cover the front door to Vincent Scullark’s Highland Heights home. Now, his parents are speaking out for the first time since his death, hoping to find out why no one has been charged in the hit-and-run case.
Vincent Scullark’s mom was inside his house doing laundry when he was killed.
”By the time I got to him he was already up off the street. I ran out in the street to get his eyeglasses. They were laying in the street,” said Vivian Scullark.
Vivian and her husband, Odis, say the past few weeks have been tough.
The 29-year-old father of five was killed August 20 when he was hit by a car in front of his house. The driver of the car took off following the crash.
“Days after it, I’m still in shock over how this could have happened. It just should not happen,” Mayor Ed Lee told ABC7 News. He is demanding a thorough investigation of last week’s tragic accident at Holly Park. Christy Svanemyr was run over by a Recreation and Park Department maintenance truck Thursday afternoon as she was sunbathing on the grass at Holly Park with her baby and dog.
The sentencing hearing for a South Florida musician involved in a deadly 2010 hit-and-run crash will continue Thursday, when the judge is expected to make a ruling.
Carlos Bertonatti, 32, faces a maximum of 35 years in prison after he pleaded guilty in the crash that killed cyclist Christophe LeCanne on the Rickenbacker Causeway in Key Biscayne.
Bertonatti’s brother Miguel Bertonatti took the stand Wednesday, but invoked his right to remain silent under the Fifth Amendment.
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.)
New Smyrna Beach, Fla. hit-and-run victim Shariema Smith
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4125. Brooklyn, NY. Sept. 11. Boy injured when struck by a dark vehicle which fled the scene.
4126. Charleston, Ill. Sept. 11. Man injured when struck by a “dark-colored sporty passenger car” which fled the scene.
4127. Grand Rapids, Mich. Sept. 12 Woman on bicycle injured when struck by a white SUV which fled the scene.
4128-29. Kokomo, Ind. Sept. 12. Two 13-year-olds riding a moped injured when struck by a late-model Ford truck which fled the scene.
4130. New Smyrna, Fla. Sept. 6. 30-year-old woman injured when struck by a light-blue small-to-medium-sized truck which fled the scene.
4131. Duluth, Minn. Sept. 13. 92-year-old motorcyclist injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; driver later arrested.
4132. Towson, Md. Sept. 13. Woman seriously injured when struck by a white imported car which fled the scene.
4133. St. Louis, Mo. Sept. 13. Man injured when struck and dragged by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4134. Charlotte, NC. Sept. 13. Pedestrian injured when struck by a black sedan which fled the scene.
4135. New Castle, NY. Sept. 13. Bicyclist injured when struck by a 2004 Highlander which fled the scene.
4136. Detroit, Mich. Sept. 12. Woman in her forties fatally struck by a black SUV which fled the scene.
4137. Los Angeles, Cal. Sept. 14. 16-year-old boy leaving church fatally struck by a white four-door sedan which fled the scene.
4138. Carbondale, Ill. Sept. 8. Pedestrian injured when struck by a white, 4-door vehicle which resembles a Ford Focus between model years 2000 to 2007 which fled the scene.
4139. Queens, NY. Sept. 13. 59-year-old woman fatally struck by a 2013 Toyota Camry which fled the scene.
4140. Nashville, Tenn. Sept. 14. 29-year-old man fatally struck by a grey Pontiac which fled the scene.
4141. Tucson, Ariz. Sept. 13. Man fatally struck by a silver Chevy Trailblazer which fled the scene.
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East Central University women’s basketball coach Kent Wayne Franz; hit-and-run artist
Angela Wilburn, 49, Ada, is in the intensive care unit of OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Wilburn was found unconscious in the 2800 block of Arlington Monday evening at 9:42 p.m. She was taken to Mercy Hospital Ada before being transferred to OU Medical Center. Ada Police Officer Kathy Unbewust said Wilburn’s injuries included a shattered pelvis, right ankle fracture, vertebrae fracture, internal injuries, a blood clot in the brain and a heart attack.
Police said the driver of the vehicle allegedly left the scene. On Tuesday, East Central University women’s basketball coach Kent Wayne Franz, 50, Ada, turned himself in to police in connection with the alleged hit-and-run by auto.
SAN DIEGO – A young motorist was arrested Friday on suspicion of fleeing after striking a drunken pedestrian who stepped into oncoming traffic at a Valencia Park intersection.
David Allen Green, 22, was headed east in a 1990 Acura sedan on Churchward Street when a man in his 30s walked in front of him at Euclid Avenue about 8:20 p.m. Thursday, according to San Diego police.
Green allegedly drove out of the area following the crash, which left the intoxicated pedestrian hospitalized with a compound leg fracture and a broken arm.
This is Premier League star Steven Nzonzi speaking with police today yards from the spot where his car was involved in a smash with a cyclist.
The Stoke City midfielder allegedly said: ‘good luck finding me on foreign plates’ before driving off last week, but the millionaire was spotted talking to an officer in Hale, Greater Manchester this afternoon.
The crash led to an amazing Twitter campaign backed by Sir Chris Hoy to identify the player, who urged his 520,000 followers: ‘please find him’.
PASADENA, Md. (WUSA9) — Anne Arundel County police say Metro Crime Stoppers have raised the reward amount for information about an April hit-and-run crash to $10,000.
On April 12 at approximately 9:25 p.m., police found three juveniles on the westbound side of the road at Mountain Road near Alvin Drive. One female and one male juvenile were seriously injured after being hit by a vehicle. The male juvenile, Skylar Marion, was transported to the Shock Trauma Unit at the University of Maryland Hospital where he later died.
Witness accounts indicated that Hall may have accelerated his vehicle towards a group of people standing near the shoulder of the roadway striking a 45-year-old female. Hall then quickly fled the scene, according to police.
From the Indonesia Google Street-View Files And I quote (VIII)…
BOGOR – A driver collecting video data for internet giant Google’s Street View feature in Indonesia slammed into two vehicles after trying to flee responsibility for an earlier crash, police said Saturday.
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23-year-old Perla Alvarado, killed in McAllen, Texas hit-and-run
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4142. Morgantown, WV. Sept. 15. Man in his twenties fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4143. Bronx, NY. Sept. 15. 27-year-old woman fatally struck by a black sedan which fled the scene.
4144. Nantucket, Mass. Sept. 7. 47-year-old woman injured when struck by a small vehicle which fled the scene.
4145. Douglassville, Ga. Sept. 14. 41-year-old man fatally struck by a maroon or burgundy vehicle which fled the scene.
4146. Plymouth, Pa. Sept. 15. Pedestrian injured when struck by a silver vehicle which fled the scene.
4147. North Plainfield, NJ. Sept. 14. 43-year-old man fatally struck by a maroon vehicle which fled the scene.
4148-49. Gonzales, La. Sept. 16. Two women injured when struck by a black passenger car with gray racing stripes on the hood which fled the scene.
4150. Denver, Colo. Sept. 15. Pedestrian injured when struck by a green Chevy pickup which fled the scene.
4151. Salinas, Cal. Sept. 16. 22-year-old woman nearly loses a foot when struck by a beige GMC or Nissan truck which fled the scene.
4152. Albuquerque, NM. Sept. 16. Bicyclist injured when struck by a white SUV which fled the scene.
4153. Davie, Fla. Sept. 17. Man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4154. Mt. Airy, Md. Sept. 14. 18-year-old man seriously injured when struck by a vehicle (differing witness descriptions) which fled the scene.
4155. Livonia, NY. Sept. 18. 71-year-old man on bicycle injured when struck by a large white vehicle which fled the scene.
4156. McAllen, Texas. Sept. 15. 23-year-old woman fatally struck by a white Chevy pickup truck which fled the scene.
4157. Aurora, Colo. Sept. 16. Man injured struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4158-59. Roseville, Minn. Sept. 17. Two Army recruiters struck by a vehicle which fled the scene, driver later found.
4160. Gastonia, NC. Sept. 19. Man injured when struck by an SUV which fled the scene, driver later arrested.
4161. Philadelphia, Pa. Sept. 19. 19-year-old man on bicycle injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4162. Ontario, Cal. Sept. 18. 54-year-old man injured when struck by a dark SUV which fled the scene.
4163. Detroit, Mich. Sept. 19. Bicyclist critically injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
David Rojas, 19, is charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death.
Investigators say while Rojas was driving, he is not the owner of the Dodge Caravan that struck and killed 79-year-old Cui Ju Yu Sunday afternoon at Junction Boulevard in Elmhurst.
The woman’s grieving grandson wants the driver to face the consequences of his actions.
“That’s all I really want. All my family members that’s all we really want – find the guy, find the driver,” said Winson Yu, the victim’s grandson. “People like that shouldn’t drive, definitely, I mean what he have don’t to my grandma I’ll never forgive him, whatever the reason behind it I’ll still never forgive him. He hit her didn’t even bother to stay call police and just left.”
An Orlando woman was arrested Monday on vehicular-homicide and other charges after police say she drove on the shoulder of Kirkman Road, hit and killed a pedestrian, then went home without stopping.
Rose Darlaine Pierre, 24, who lives in a nearby condo, drove onto the shoulder to go around traffic that had slowed about 10:20 p.m. Sunday, an arrest report states.
A witness told officers she saw a car traveling about 55 or 60 mph when it hit a man who may have been trying to cross the street at Conroy Road. His name had not been released late Monday.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Police detectives asked for the public’s help on Wednesday in finding two people identified as “persons of interest” they want to speak with after Tuesday’s hit-and-run.
Felicia Moss, 30, and Nikia Acuff, 29, were identified as two people Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department detectives wanted to speak with after the Tuesday incident.
One man was critically injured when the car hit him. He was a pedestrian.
SEATTLE — Suzanne Herndon was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Des Moines almost a year ago, and detectives are now releasing video that shows a witness who may be able to help identify the driver that struck Herndon.
A 51-year-old Mount Ephraim man plead guilty Wednesday to fatally striking an elderly Blackwood, Gloucester Township woman in March with his pickup truck and fleeing the scene.
Timothy Polijczuk is expected to be sentenced in January to six years in state prison, according to the Prosecutor’s Office.
GRANDVIEW, Mo. — Kansas City, Mo., police are still searching for the person responsible in the death of 48-year-old Bobby Hays. Hays, police say, was killed when he was hit by a car on the exit ramp from I-49 to 155th Street in Grandview early Saturday morning. A day after a memorial service was held for Hays, his friends stood feet away from he was killed holding signs asking people to come forward with information.
Authorities in Opelousas, La., are looking for two men who were apparently racing on horseback down city streets Wednesday when their horses collided with a minivan.
Police said one of the horses hit the van square, smashing its head through a window and appeared to be seriously injured. The two riders fled the scene.
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A Facebook friend forwarded me a message shared by one of her Facebook friends last night. Please take a look and help if you can:
“Last night [Wednesday, Sept. 18] my dad was involved in a serious accident on RT 202 in King of Prussia, PA (in front if Sullivan’s steakhouse) around 9pm. He was rear ended by a white pickup truck driven by a male (possibly Hispanic). When my dad got out of his vehicle to assess damage and collect the driver’s information, the driver fled the scene. In the process he ran over my dad’s right side and drug him a short distance. My dad is suffering from 4-5 fractured ribs, a collapsed lung, fractured pelvis, and a hole in his kidney. He also has road rash all over his body and has needed 3 blood transfusions.
“Here’s where the help comes in… Thus far the driver has not been found (There is one witness that we know of as well as several 911 calls made). There has also been zero coverage by any media of the incident, despite reports being made to them. Please share this and spread the word. The more people that see this, the more likely we’re able to find the man responsible. Thank you!!!”
A spokesman for the department, Capt. Hellebush, just told me that info is scarce right now. They’re trying to pinpoint surveillance footage that could help ID the vehicle, but that it’s “a waiting game” right now. The victim, whose name was not released, is 51 years old. Hellebush also noted that they’ve gotten a slew of calls from media outlets on Friday morning, so the dissemination process seems to be working. If they’re able to get footage, it will be widely shared in an effort to solve the case, he said.
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4216-17. Glendale, Cal. Oct. 2. 73-year-old and 59-year-old women injured when struck by a grey or white four-door compact vehicle which fled the scene.
4219. San Antonio, Texas. Oct. 4. Man injured struck by a truck which fled the scene.
4220. W. Babylon, NY. Oct. 4. 29-year-old man injured when struck by a dark Mercedes which fled the scene.
4221. Newton, Mass. Oct. 4. 87-year-old man injured when struck by a blue Honda sedan which fled the scene. (Update: Arrest)
4222. Holbrook, NY. Oct. 5. 46-year-old woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4223. Manhattan, NY. Oct. 5. Man in his 30s injured when struck by a white or grey pickup which fled the scene.
4224. Suamico, Wisc. Oct. 5. 46-year-old man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4225. Philadelphia, Pa. Oct. 5. 21-year-old woman critically injured when struck by a silver Dodge Avenger which fled the scene.
4226. Redwood City, Cal. Oct. 5. Unidentified man fatally struck by a dark-colored minivan which fled the scene.
4227. Brandon, Fla. Oct. 5. Unidentified woman fatally struck by a Chrysler 300 which fled the scene.
4228-30. Boston, Mass. Family of three, including a young child, injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene but crashed a small distance away.
4231. Sumner, Wash. Oct. 5. 23-year-old woman declared brain dead days after struck by a dark sedan or sportscar which fled the scene.
4232. Seattle, Wash. Oct. 5. Pedestrian suffers life-threatening injuries when struck by a grey vehicle which fled the scene.
4233. Montcalm, Mich. Oct. 6. 32-year-old man on bicycle injured when struck by an older Toyota Camry which fled the scene.
4234. Detroit, Mich. Oct. 7. Woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4235. Benton Charter Twp., Ind. Oct. 3. Woman fatally struck by a GMC Yukon Denali which fled the scene.
4236. Durham, NC. Oct. 7. 58-year-old man injured struck by a white Ford Focus which fled the scene.
4237. Fresno, Cal. Oct. 6. 51-year-old man fatally struck by a 2000 to 2004 Ford F250 to F450 which fled the scene.
4238. Poplar Bluff, Mo. Oct. 7. 26-year-old man fatally struck by a maroon vehcile which fled the scene.
Press conference today with Senator Lavalle (among others) as well as a few mothers from MADD and some very supportive and important assemblymen and friends.
It will take place near the site of my mothers accident! The law change is necessary. Thanks to all the folks who signed the petition thus far. Made a difference. Keep signing.
www.karenslaw.org
The maximum sentence that Thomas Costa could get would be 2-7 years. That is not enough and not fair. He ran someone over, and she died. He is already a bad seed, he should pay for his consequences. Thomas Costa should not be let free. He should live with what he did, and not get out of jail, with no parole exception, no bail.
Thomas Costa was violating his parole by driving his dad’s car. He violated his parole by driving, and then he hit someone. We need to keep this man off the streets and in a jail cell.
There was a bill introduced earlier this year in 2013, that hasn’t passed yet. It is related to a hit and run in Brooklyn, earlier in march of 2013.
The bill would be a Class B Felony- and would go up to 25 years, which is a very huge difference from where we are at right now, it being a Class D Felony and only 2-7 years.
That bill is sitting in a dusty drawer and no one is doing anything about it.
The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a $50,000 reward Friday for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the hit-and-run driver responsible for the death of an 84-year-old pedestrian.
KENT, N.Y.- Family and friends are outraged that the man convicted in the 2008 hit and run death of a Hopewell Junction bicyclist has been arrested repeatedly for drunk and drugged driving since his release from a two year prison term. He was released on $100,000 bond Thursday.
William Mancusi III was arrested last month by Kent police after allegedly driving the wrong way on Nichols Place Rd and then refusing to stop for police. He allegedly lead officers on a “slow pursuit” for for several miles before stopping. Police say a bag he threw out the window during the pursuit contained marijuana. He was charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs, and unlawful possession of marijuana.
Mancussi boasted about his sobriety on Facebook last spring, but in addition to the Kent charges, he faces heroin and hypodermic needles charges in Buchanan after a December 27 arrest. He is due back in court next month, and prosecutors say they will seek a felony indictment for his repeat offenses.
EDMONDS — Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a pickup driver accused of hitting two pedestrians on busy Edmonds street and fleeing the scene.The incident happened about 2:45 a.m. Sept. 20.
Two people were crossing 220th Street SW on the eastside of Highway 99. They were midway through the crosswalk when they were struck by a pickup, Edmonds police Sgt. Mark Marsh said.
HAMILTON CO., Ind. (WISH) – Indiana State Police arrested a man in connection to a double fatal motorcycle crash that happened in August.
Michael Percifield, 34, of Indianapolis, was arrested Friday in a Cicero home. He was preliminarily charged with leaving the scene of a fatal crash, a class C felony.
Officials say two motorcyclists were driving at a high rate of speed just before midnight on August 4 on Interstate 74, near Post Road. One of the drivers lost control and crashed. The driver, Devon P. Criswell, 41, of Indianapolis, and his passenger, Jacquelynn M. Lewis, 23, of Indianapolis, were run over by several other vehicles and were pronounced dead at the scene.
The drivers of the vehicles that hit the victims stopped and cooperated with troopers. The other motorcycle didn’t stop.
An NYPD police officer was drunk when he got busted for a fatal hit and run. Joseph McClean hit a St. George Ferry Terminal dock worker Friday morning, resulting in DWI and vehicular manslaughter charges.
William Hemphill, 51, was getting his morning coffee a little after 6am at the intersection of Simonson Avenue and Richmond Terrace, when he was struck and killed by a drunk and off-duty Officer Joseph McClean. The 29-year-old officer had been with the force for eight years when his 2010 Ford Escape sent the older man off the windshield and to his grave.
The NYPD officer fled the scene, and then returned less than an hour later to take a breathalyzer test, at which point he was recorded as having a blood-alcohol content of.07 percent, just below the legal limit. Joseph McClean, the drunk police officer, was immediately arrested.
SANDY — Sandy Police want to talk to a man who left the scene after his car struck a pregnant woman Sunday morning while backing out of a parking space at a Harmons supermarket.
Relatives of a man critically injured in a hit-and-run accident last week in St. Paul pleaded Monday for the person responsible to come forward.
“I know how frightened you must feel right now,” said a statement from Sandy Romero, the mother of Wade Souster. “So are we. People make mistakes. Don’t make it worse by hiding or covering it up. Do the right thing. Turn yourself in.”
Souster, 31, was found lying in the median of Phalen Boulevard near North Atlantic Street in the Payne-Phalen neighborhood just before 4 a.m. Thursday.
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“Steven Pate says his daughter [Ceeanna] turned 19 just last month. He also says he was told by doctors that there is a strong possibility she won’t recover.
“‘It hurts me,’ Pate said, ‘It makes me angry. I feel rage. I want to see justice. I want to see justice for my daughter. I pray whoever did this that your conscience torments you.’” [NBC Philadelphia]
UPDATE: Steven called me Wednesday afternoon to let me know that Ceeanna passed away at 12:30 p.m. RIP.
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4239. New Orleans, La. Oct. 7. 34-year-old woman on bicycle injured when struck by a Toyota sedan which fled the scene.
4240. Lynn, Mass. Oct. 8. Man fatally struck by a Toyota Corolla which fled the scene.
4241. Detroit, Mich. Oct. 9. 6-year-old boy critically injured when struck by a silver sedan which fled the scene.
4242. Kettering, Ohio. Oct. 9. Woman suffers non-life-threatening injuries when struck by a vehicle driven by her boyfriend who fled the scene.
4243. Poplar Bluff, Mo. Oct. 9. 40-year-old man injured when struck by a white passenger vehicle which fled the scene; driver later found.
4244. Detroit, Mich. Oct. 9. Man on bicycle fatally struck by a black SUV which fled the scene.
4245. Vernon Parish, La. Oct. 11. 25-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4246. Philadelphia, PA. Oct. 11. 22-year-old woman riding bicycle to visit child in hospital injured when struck by a dark sedan which fled the scene.
4247. Cement City, Mich. Oct. 10. 54-year-old man on bicycle injured struck by a gold Ford which fled the scene.
4248-49. Ventura, Cal. Oct. 8. 25-year-old man and 2-year-old toddler injured when struck by a white older-model sedan with black rims and tinted windows which fled the scene.
4250. Texarkana, Texas. Oct. 11. 56-year-old man on bicycle injured when struck by a pair of vehicles which fled the scene.
4251. Middleboro, Mass. Oct. 11. 58-year-old man fatally struck by a light-colored SUV which fled the scene.
4252. Cleveland, Ohio. Oct. 12. 76-year-old man injured when struck by a late 1980s or early 1990s Chevrolet Cavalier 4-door sedan, dark blue with tinted windows which fled the scene.
4253. Canarsie, NY. Oct. 12. 64-year-old man fatally struck by a 2012 Chevy SUV which fled the scene.
4254. West Palm Beach, Fla. Oct. 12. 33-year-old man fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene but may have been later found.
4255. North Plainfield, NJ. Oct. 12. Unidentified man critically injured struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4256. Queens, NY. Oct. 13. 21-year-old man in extremely critical condition after being struck by a vehicle; driver taken into custody after flight attempt.
4257. Great Bend, Ks. Oct. 12. Woman critically injured struck by a white SUV which fled the scene.
4258. Los Angeles, Cal. Oct. 12. 48-year-old woman thrown from vehicle in crash run over by a vehicle which fled the scene.
Karen Benjamin’s family realizes it isn’t the only one affected by a hit-and-run crash, and on Tuesday gathered with local politicians to call on New York state to increase penalties for people who flee the scene of a crash.
Benjamin, a 56-year-old Coram resident, died July 17 from injuries she sustained in a June 23 hit-and-run accident along Canal Road in Mount Sinai. A few weeks after her death, police arrested the alleged driver, Thomas Costa, a 31-year-old Coram resident, and charged him with leaving the scene of an accident causing death, a Class D felony. Costa, who pleaded not guilty to the charges, faces two to seven years in prison. He was not charged with vehicular manslaughter — the Suffolk County district attorney’s office previously said it did not have evidence of intoxication or impairment by drugs.
At a press conference just around the corner from the crash site, Andrew Benjamin, Karen’s husband, and the couple’s two daughters, 27-year-old Jennifer and 25-year-old Lindsay, were joined by Town of Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine, Council members Dan Panico (R-Manorville) and Jane Bonner (C-Rocky Point) and Highway Superintendent Dan Losquadro to support a bill that passed in the Senate in February and is waiting on a vote in the Assembly — it has been referred to that chamber’s transportation committee. New York State Sen. Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson), who co-sponsored the Senate bill, also attended.
Meghan Ann Zato (left); her hit-and-run victim James Roda (right)
OAKLAND — A Bay Area law student appeared in court on two felony charges Monday after police said she struck and seriously injured an innocent 25-year-old Oakland man early Saturday morning while she was trying to run down a group of vandals who attacked her after she complained about their graffiti on a public library.
James Roda was not part of the group of alleged vandals and had the misfortune of crossing a downtown street as the woman driving the Mercedes barreled toward the group after they punched her, stole her cellphone and tagged her car. The driver, Meghan Anne Zato, 26, of Oakland, was arrested and posted bail; she appeared in court to face charges Monday.
Ypsilanti police say Sean Peay, the 26-year-old Grand Rapids man struck by a car seen running a red light Sunday, has died at the hospital and the suspected hit and run driver is now facing a felony.
HERCULES — A 29-year-old man is facing multiple criminal charges after he allegedly left the scene of an accident and later took a swing at a police officer, authorities said.
POPLAR BLUFF, MO (KFVS) – Police have made an arrest in a deadly hit and run involving a pedestrian in Poplar Bluff.
Joseph “Jack” Dangerfield was arrested for felony leaving the scene of an accident, felony tampering with evidence and driving with a suspended drivers license. He was booked at the Poplar Bluff Police Department and taken to the Butler County Jail pending formal charges.
During a preliminary interview police say the suspect admitted he was the driver of the maroon vehicle that struck the pedestrian. He led officers to the location where he had hidden the Maroon 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix he was driving at the time of the deadly crash.
A drunken Berks County man had his two sons in his minivan when he was involved in two hit-and-run crashes Sunday in Alburtis, according to court records.
The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a $50,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the hit-and-run driver whose car fatally struck a 22-year-old transgender woman in Hollywood.
Keymontae MacKenzie — who went by the name Unique — was struck Sept. 27 at about 3:10 a.m. as she was stepping off the curb in the 6700 block of Santa Monica Boulevard, just east of Highland Avenue. She died at the scene.
Witnesses told police the hit-and-run driver fled in a light-color 1990-1995 Ford Thunderbird, which should have rightsustained damage to the right front and be missing a passenger side mirror.
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — An O’Fallon man charged in the July hit-and-run death of a 17-year-old in what police called a botched drug deal no longer faces a second-degree murder charge.
A driver ran a stop sign, hitting a school bus full of children this morning in North Philadelphia, according to police.
The bus driver, five students and a passenger in the car were hurt.
Police say the driver of the car got out of his white Mercury and fled the scene on foot. He left his passenger trapped in the front seat. Rescue crews extricated the passenger, who was hospitalized and is in stable condition.
The bus driver and students, who range in age from 6 to 12 years old, were taken to St. Christopher’s Hospital. They too are in stable condition.
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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.
4259. Waverly, NY. Oct. 14. Bicyclist injured when struck by a blue Dodge pickup which fled the scene.
4260. Tulsa, Okla. Oct. 13. Man in his 20s fatally struck by a dark Chevy SUV which fled the scene.
4261. Orange, Cal. Oct. 15. 37-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene. (Update: Arrest)
4262. Coral Gables, Fla. Oct. 14. 46-year-old woman injured when struck by a red F150 pickup truck which fled the scene.
4263. Hillsboro, Ohio. Oct. 13. 24-year-old man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4264.
4265. Anchorage, Alaska. Oct. 16. Man fatally struck by a light-colored full-size pickup which fled the scene.
4266. Rockford, Ill. Oct. 16. 45-year-old man killed when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4267. Chillicothe, Mo. Oct. 15. Pedestrian suffers minor injuries when struck by a black Chevy Silverado pulling a fishing boat which fled the scene.
4268. Tyler, Texas. Woman injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4269. Allentown, Pa. Oct. 16. 3-year-old girl injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4270. Dutchess Co., NY. Oct. 12. Man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4271. Louisville, Ky. Oct. 15. 61-year-old man on bicycle fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4272. San Diego, Cal. Oct. 16. Pedestrian injured when struck by a silver sedan which fled the scene.
4273. Miami, Fla. Oct. 17. 28-year-old man injured when struck by a grey Camry which fled the scene.
4274. Charlotte, NC. Oct. 17. Victim struck by unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4275. Malden, Mass. Oct. 17. Pedestrian struck by a brown or tan pickup truck which fled the scene.
4276-77. Kennewick, Wash. Oct. 17. 18-year-old man and 44-year-old woman injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
The Appleton Police Department is releasing new video of a hit and run near Lawrence University. Now officers are hoping for your help to catch the runaway driver.
It’s been almost a week since a 19-year-old woman was hit near campus and no one has come forward. Police are hoping for help from the public to identify the driver while the student still recovers in the hospital.
“If you’re involved in a crash you need to stay there,” said Sergeant David Lund with the Appleton Police Department.
About 8:15 p.m. Monday, Jesus Barrueta-Dominguez, 35, was driving a maroon 2008 Chevrolet Lumina eastbound on West Brown Street when he rear-ended a 1998 Chevrolet Lumina stopped at a stoplight at the intersection of South Cuyler Street, Massey said. Barrueta-Dominguez fled the scene before authorities arrived and Massey said Monday morning that Barrueta-Dominguez may have headed to Canadian or Oklahoma City.
A 4-year-old boy who was a passenger in the Lumina was transported by hospital to Pampa Regional Medical Center and then taken by Lifestar to Northwest Texas Hospital where he is listed in critical condition, Massey said. The driver of the ’98 Lumina, Armando Acosta, 29, was not injured in the crash, and passengers Maria Dela-Cruz, 36, and an eight-year-old girl were hospitalized and released from the medical center, Massey said.
Chris Duhon, a former guard for the Los Angeles Lakers, has been injured in a hit-and-run incident in an Orlando, Fla., parking garage, police say.
The basketball player was treated at a hospital after he hit his head on the windshield of the car that allegedly hit him, the Orlando Sentinel reported Tuesday.
Friday night my nephew who is 12 years old was crossing the street at West Chester Pike and Cedar Lane in Upper Darby, When a car who had no headlights ran through a red light and hit him. The person never stopped to see if he was OK or even still alive. My nephew Thank god only has a broken leg, mild concussion, and his face is all bruised and scraped up. Please help us to find the person who did this to him. If anyone has any info please contact UDPD.
Sumner Police announced an anonymous donor is offering $5,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, prosecution and conviction of the subject of this investigation.
Rachel Givens, 23, was killed by a hit-and-run driver 11 p.m. Oct. 5 while she was attempting to cross East Valley Highway in the 2700 block.
The vehicle, which surveillance indicates was a small, dark-colored sedan or sports car, was traveling northbound. The Sumner Police Department continues to investigate, but a specific suspect has not been identified.
GONZALES — Trincia Mae Beene, 43, of Gonzales, was arrested and charged with Accident Involving Death, a second degree felony after she allegedly ran over 65-year-old Cipriano Morin near the intersection of Hamilton and Tate Streets in Gonzales.
“Even a car traveling the speed limit at 30 miles per hour, hits somebody it’s going to do some severe injuries and it all matters on what part of the body hits the car, how do they land,” said Lt. Hoey.
INDIANAPOLIS – A pedestrian, a driver and an Indianapolis police officer were hospitalized early Wednesday after a hit-and-run crash on the city’s east side, police said.
The teenager more seriously injured in the March accident involving off-duty Manchester police Sgt. Stephen Coco was actually run over by the undercover police vehicle, and DNA tests were used to identify the boy’s blood on the undercarriage, his father said Monday.
Roy Drukker said his son — Dean Drukker, 18 — probably would have died in the hit-and-run accident had his son’s companion, Noah Hickman, not been conscious and able to summon help. Hickman was also hit in the accident.
“The real seriousness of this issue is running off,” Drukker said. “You run over the top of Dean, and you leave the scene, and you seem to have no concern if he’s alive or dead.”
Coco has been accused of hitting Drukker and Hickman with the undercover police vehicle on the night of March 22, after leaving a gathering in Drukker’s Bedford neighborhood. Earlier this year, Bedford police charged Coco with two felony counts of conduct after an accident, the legal wording for the more commonly known charge of hit and run.
A 74-year-old Glendale woman has died from injuries she suffered after she and a friend were struck in a crosswalk by a hit-and-run driver on Oct. 3, police said Tuesday.
Serpouhi Gharapetian suffered major head injuries and was in a coma until she died Oct. 9 at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, according Tahnee Lightfoot, Glendale police spokeswoman.
“My sister, she’s gone,” her brother, Roobik Gharapetian, said.
She died roughly an hour after he arrived from Canada in the hopes of seeing her, he said.
Now he and her two sons are waiting for the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office to release her body so they can plan her funeral.
(SUMMNER, WA) — Police in Sumner have requested the public’s help in solving a fatal hit-and-run accident that occurred on the East Valley Highway.
The accident happened Saturday, October 5 just before 11:00 pm. The victim, Rachel Givens, 23, was trying to cross the East Valley Highway in the 2700 block of the highway when she was struck by a car which did not stop and left the scene heading northbound on the highway.
ROSEVILLE, Minn. (KMSP) – Sgt. Travis Torgerson is still recovering from the injuries he sustained in a hit-and-run outside the recruitment center where he works, and family, friends, coworkers and complete strangers are coming together to help the family in their time of need.
“He remembers it very well. He was conscious for the whole endeavor,” Staff Sgt. Michael Stroud, who was also struck, told FOX 9 News.
It’s been nearly a month since the two Army recruiters were struck by a man who shouldn’t have been at the wheel, but Torgerson’s recovery is still a day-by-day process.
“Doing a lot better than he was initially,” Stroud continued. “I’ve visited him in the hospital. He’s making good progress and recovery. It’s going to be a long road and a lot of damage.”
Nassau County Judge Jerald S. Carter had cautioned the family of Dean LaLima that no sentence he could impose could fill the “hole in their soul” at their loss Thursday morning. Still, LaLima’s father John and his sister pleaded through cracked voices and teary eyes to impose the maximum allowable sentence on Raymond Kalenka, who stood in court in handcuffs to be sentenced for a hit-and-run that claimed the Williston Park resident’s life one early morning in 2012.
Paramedics transported 17 students with minor injuries to Children’s Hospital in New Orleans following a hit-and-run crash involving a school bus at the foot of the Crescent City Connection Thursday afternoon. The wreck occurred about 4:30 p.m. just past the toll plaza on the east bank-bound span of the bridge, Louisiana State Police said.
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.)
Memorial to Forest Grove, Oreg. hit-and-run victims
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.
4278. Signal Hill, Cal. Oct. 14. 13-year-old girl suffers minor injuries when struck by a white pickup truck which fled the scene.
4279. Calhoun Co., Mich. Oct. 17. 33-year-old man on bicycle critically injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4280. Philadelphia, Pa. Oct. 19. 25-year-old woman severely injured when vehicle struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4281-82. Benson, Neb. Oct. 19. 37-year-old woman and 32-year-old injured when intentionally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.
4283. Fort Myers, Fla. Oct. 20. Pedestrian fatally struck by a white pickup truck which fled the scene.
4284. Napa, Cal. Oct. 19. Bicyclist injured when struck by a midsized pickup truck which fled the scene.
4285. Houston, Texas. Oct. 20. Man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
El Paso hit-and-run victim
4286. El Paso, Texas. Oct. 21. 9-year-old girl injured struck by a red Dodge pickup truck which fled the scene.
4287-88 Forest Grove, Oreg. Oct. 20. 6-year-old girl killed and 11-year-old suffers critical injuries when struck by a which fled the scene.
4289. Indianapolis, Ind. Oct. 21. Man fatally struck by a silver or black car which fled the scene.
4290. Bethel, Ct. Oct. 20. 59-year-old man on bicycle fatally struck by a black Mercedes SUV which fled the scene.
4291. Bronx, NY. Oct. 21. 74-year-old man fatally struck by a Dodge Durango, a Nissan Altima and a Nissan SUV which fled the scene.
4292. Brewster, Mass. Oct. 19. Woman injured when struck by a pickup truck which fled the scene.
4293. San Bernardino, Cal. Oct. 20. 51-year-old woman critically injured struck by a dark Acura which fled the scene.
4294-95. Henrico, Va. Oct. 21. Two people injured when struck by a four-door Honda which fled the scene.
4296. Arlington, Va. Oct. 21. Pedestrian injured when struck by a blue vehicle which fled the scene.
“You hit a girl!” Genesis Ortega yelled Wednesday evening to April R. Frame as Frame drove through a south Allentown neighborhood, according to the police arrest affidavit.
“I hit a girl?” Frame responded without stopping the car, the affidavit says.
Frame, 25, of Salisbury Township was giving Ortega a ride to her Allentown home at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday when the car hit 3-year-old Annabelle Ruth as the girl stepped out from between two parked cars in the 700 block of St. John Street, police said.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Police have arrested a man in connection with the death of a woman struck by a pickup truck just after she placed a child into a car.
State police in Meadville are putting out a call for information in a fatal hit-and-run crash that happened a year ago.
Police are asking for any information about an unidentified driver who struck Annabelle Knight, 89, of Conneaut Lake, on Route 18 just south of Crestwood Avenue in Summit Township, Crawford County, on Oct. 19, 2012.
COTTAGE GROVE — A 74-year-old woman pushing a walker was killed after being struck by two vehicles around 5 p.m. Saturday along Highway 99, and a motorist was arrested a short time later on a charge of hit and run, Police Chief Mike Grover said.
The victim was identified as Cottage Grove resident Claudia Lucille Kimery.
TROTWOOD — A Trotwood family searches for answers while a man is on the run Sunday night. Police are trying to figure out who left the scene of a crash on Little Richmond Road early Saturday morning.
Patricia Smith, 65, died at the scene of the crash that happened shortly after one a.m.
Her family tells us she was driving with a family friend to the store when someone crashed into them only a mile and a half from her home.
The man who was in the car, David Battles, remains in critical condition at Miami Valley Hospital.
Police are renewing their search for witnesses in the death of a man whose body was found on Kalanianole Highway in Waimanalo in April.
CrimeStoppers and the Honolulu Police Department issued a press release on the case today saying they need the public’s help to find any witnesses in the incident. The case was initially being investigated as a hit-and-run.
The body of Marc Bucho, 42, was found on April 19, at approximately 8 p.m. He was found lying on Kalanianole Highway north of Hilu Street with head injuries. “A nearby resident heard a loud thud, looked out her window, and observed the male in the roadway,” the press release said.
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.)
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.
4318. Philadelphia, PA. Nov. 2. 3-year-old boy injured when struck by a dark SUV which fled the scene.
4319. Anaheim, Cal. Oct. 30. Male bicyclist fatally struck by two vehicles, the second of which fled the scene. (Update: Driver ID’d)
4320-21. Cave Junction, Oreg. Oct. 30. 21-year-old and 41-year-old man fatally struck by a light-colored, possibly beige or tan, 1980s Toyota pickup which fled the scene.
4322. New Orleans, La. Oct. 30. 52-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4323. Mankato, Minn. Oct. 28. Man injured when struck by a white SUV which fled the scene.
4324. Chelsea, Mass. Oct. 29. 52-year-old man injured when struck by a dark sedan which fled the scene.
4325. Pottstown, Pa. Oct. 28. Woman pushing a stroller injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4326. Las Vegas, Nev. Halloween 2013. 6-year-old girl critically injured while trick or treating when struck by a speeding late-model silver Volkswagen Jetta which fled the scene.
4327. Yuba City, Ariz. Halloween 2013. Pedestrian injured when struck by a white car which fled the scene.
4328. Fairmont, WV. Halloween 2013. Woman injured when struck by a truck or SUV which fled the scene.
4329. Austin, Texas. Halloween 2013. Man in his 40s fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4330. Warren, NJ. Oct. 30. 21-year-old man injured when struck by a black Mercury Mountaineer which fled the scene.
4331. St. Paul, Minn. Nov. 1. 53-year-old woman fatally struck by a silver SUV which fled the scene.
4332. Green Bay, Wisc. Halloween 2013. 55-year-old man injured when struck by a maroon Ford Taurus which fled the scene.
4333. San Diego, Cal. Nov. 2. 57-year-old man injured when struck by a four-door vehicle which fled the scene.
4334. Sumter, SC. Nov. 2. 62-year-old woman fatally struck by a dark sedan which fled the scene.
4335. Bronx, NY. Nov. 2. 32-year-old man fatally struck by a Toyota Sienna which fled the scene. Driver later apprehended.
4336-38. Suffolk, NY. Nov. 2. Three pedestrians injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4339. Wilkinsburg, Pa. Nov. 1. Pedestrian injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
COLUMBUS (Ken Hines/Lisa Rantala) — A suspect accused of intentionally striking an ABC 6/FOX 28 reporter with a car is now in police custody. Terresa Peters, 27, turned herself in to authorities at the Franklin County Courthouse on Wednesday morning, less that 24 hours after she allegedly struck reporter Steve Levine with a blue Honda on W. Neff Ave. in S. Columbus.
Levine had approached Peters as he was working on a story about people stealing packages off of front porches. Police reported that Peters drove off, knocking Levine down with her car and then running over his leg. Levine underwent surgery at Grant Medical Center on Wednesday. He is expected to recover.
EL CAJON (CNS) – An ex-con who allegedly fled after running down a 20-year-old man walking home from work in Spring Valley last weekend pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of gross vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run causing death.
Jason Michael Palmer, 33, was ordered held on $1.5 million bail. He faces 20 years in prison if convicted, said Deputy District Attorney Cally Bright.
“It’s a very, very sad case,” Bright told reporters after Wednesday’s arraignment. “We have family from out of town, the funeral is this weekend. They are devastated.”
SAN BERNARDINO — A hit-and-run victim who was clinging to life at a hospital for a week died of her injuries Saturday.
Mary Paula Avalos, 51, of San Bernardino had been hospitalized at Loma Linda University Medical Center since an Oct. 20 crash at the corner of 13th and E streets.
Police said she was crossing E Street when she was struck by a driver in a dark Acura. The man behind the wheel slowed down as if he was going to stop, but then drove away. The driver abandoned the vehicle nearby and fled.
A woman was arrested on suspicion of felony hit-and-run for allegedly driving away after hitting a bicyclist in San Francisco’s Richmond District early Tuesday morning, police said today.
Hilah Sulme, 56, was taken into custody after the collision, which was reported at 3:13 a.m. at California Street and Eighth Avenue, police spokesman Officer Gordon Shyy said.
Police said Sulme’s white van struck the bicyclist, a male who was taken to the hospital. Police initially said the cyclist’s injuries were life-threatening, but Shyy said today that he is expected to survive.
A California Maritime Academy student was arrested Thursday morning in connection with a fatal hit-and-run that killed a 60-year-old Vallejo man, police said.
“We were practically all the way across the street, like two steps from the sidewalk,” Assaf said. “This car just sped through the crosswalk. She hit me and I rolled off of her headlights and she brushed (Hernandez). She then stopped and looked at me on the ground and then sped away.”
In Portland alone, police take reports on more than 5,200 hit-and-run crashes, from fender benders to serious injuries and fatalities, each year. That’s 100 a week; that’s mind-boggling.
Oswego, N.Y. — A book detailing the 1968 hit-and-run that killed 4-year-old Carolee Ashby was released Thursday at a book-signing in Oswego.
About 50 people crowded into The River’s End Bookstore on the 45th anniversary of the hit-and-run to purchase copies of “Who Killed Carolee? The Littlest Angel.”
A high-ranking gang member was charged with fleeing police and in several hit-and-run accidents after investigators discovered another man who belongs to the same gang was ordered to take the blame for fleeing police and causing the crashes.
WILKES-BARRE – Attorneys for hit-and-run suspect Thomas Letteer, who is accused of fleeing the scene in his car after fatally hitting a boy just before Christmas, filed a series of pre-trial motions Friday, including requests to suppress evidence.
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In late June, 56-year-old Karen Benjamin was run down by a hit-and-run driver as she jogged in Central Islip, NY. She would die a month later, a result of the severe head trauma suffered when scumbag parolee Thomas Costa left her for dead in the street.
It’s a heartbreaking story, as hit-and-runs are wont to be.
On Tuesday, Lindsay posted a letter to scumbag Costa on her website, and it’s a powerful one, one that I hope you’ll read beyond the excerpt I’m going to paste beneath here.
I know the raw emotion that she’s feeling. I’ve felt it myself. I just hope her words help affect change in New York.
I don’t know if I will ever be able to forgive you for what you did. Maybe one day I can learn to forgive you for being a piece of shit. But- not yet. I am not ready yet.
I hate you Thomas Costa & I sincerely hope you are rotting away in that jail cell that you now so dearly call home.
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.
4340. Worcester, Mass. Nov. 4. 24-year-old woman injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene but was tracked down via license-plate witness.
4341. Lake Monticello, Va. Halloween 2013. 12-year-old girl injured when struck by a dark four-door sedan which fled the scene.
4342-44. San Francisco, Cal. Oct. 3. Three men in their 30s injured when struck by a white four-door car which fled the scene.
4345. Winter Haven, Fla. Oct. 3. 30-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4346. Battle Creek, Mich. Nov. 5. 63-year-old man critically injured when struck by a Jeep Grand Cherokee which fled the scene.
4347. Fort Worth, Texas. Nov. 2. 63-year-old man fatally struck by a 2000 to 2003 silver Jaguar S type 4-door sedan which fled the scene.
4348. Vancouver, Wash. Oct. 28. 65-year-old man fatally struck by a grey sedan which fled the scene.
4349. Detroit, Mich. Nov. 5. 65-year-old man fatally struck by a taxi and another car which fled the scene.
4350. Colorado Springs, Colo. Nov. 6. 52-year-old man injured struck by a white pickup truck which fled the scene.
4351. Manassas, Va. Nov. 5. 5-year-old boy injured when struck by a a white Ford 350 van which fled the scene.
4352. West Sacramento, Cal. Nov. 5. 55-year-old man fatally struck by an RV which fled the scene.
4353. Los Angeles, Cal. Nov. 6. 20-year-old man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4354. Fairhaven, Ct. Nov. 4. Pedestrian badly injured when struck by a dark Jeep Cherokee which fled the scene.
4355. Bensalem, Pa. Nov. 4. 27-year-old man injured when struck by a dark SUV which fled the scene.
4356. Fort Collins, Colo. Nov. 6. 21-year-old man on bicycle injured when struck by a white sedan with dark doorhandles which fled the scene.
4357. Hudson Falls, NY. Nov. 5. 12-year-old boy injured when struck by a white vehicle which fled the scene.
4358-59. Los Angeles, Cal. Nov. 6. Two pedestrians injured when struck by a white SUV which fled the scene.
“We know it was an accident, but not coming forward is just adding fuel to the fire,” said Simmons. “We need the closure. We’re not going to stop grieving because you came forward, but it would make it more bearable. We need you to come forward.”
The driver of a church van was killed in an accident Sunday night with another vehicle on Indianapolis’ Northeastside, and the other motorist involved has been arrested on preliminary charges of drunken driving and leaving the scene of a fatal accident.
“The only thing that concerns me or worries me is that they didn’t stop so that kind of worries me. Why didn’t they or did they mean to hit these people or was it really an accident?” Brittney Towles says.
Authorities say that a suspect in a fatal Northern Kentucky hit-and-run has fled the country, flying from Atlanta to South Korea one day after the crash.
LONGMONT — The Boulder County coroner on Monday announced that a 16-year-old Denver boy who died after he was struck by a vehicle on New Year’s Eve died of multiple blunt force injuries to his head, chest and abdomen.
However, the coroner listed the manner of Jason Grimmer’s death as undetermined.
FARGO — Police are searching for a man who ran over one of their own and then drove off.
It happened around 7:30 p.m. Monday near Busy Bubbles Laundry and Tanning in north Fargo.
The officer, whose name has not yet been released, had approached the suspect, 49-year-old Jack Christensen, about a Sunday case in which he was allegedly involved in multiple felonies.
Christensen allegedly ran and got into a van, and he’s accused of running over the officer who was trying to stop him. Christensen was driving a tan Chevy Venture with paper license plates that say “Auto Center.”
Police say they should have no trouble finding witnesses, as the incident happened in front of several people.
Brooklyn Councilmember David Greenfield (D-Borough Park/Midwood) introduced a bill that would reduce driving speeds from 30 to 20 miles per hour on residential side streets that are less than 60 feet wide. Despite the emotional testimony of family members of hit-and-run victims, there are still plenty of legal issues surrounding the bill that needs to be worked out.
“This bill will not allow us to build on gains in traffic safety,” taxi lobbyist David Pollack said at the hearing. “The bill does not define with sufficient clarity what is a residential neighborhood.”
Abigail Robinson, 11, and her stepsister Anna Dieter-Eckerdt, 6, were hit on the 1700 block of Main Street just before 8:30 p.m. Oct. 20. The 6-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. Her older sister was rushed to the hospital and died the following night.
A neighbor called police and met with officers the next morning. Investigators said he provided information that helped lead to the suspects in this case, Cinthya Garcia-Cisneros, 18, and her boyfriend Mario Echeverria, 18.
The neighbor told detectives he was in his garage and looked outside and saw a man walking around an SUV with a flashlight, according to court documents. He said it appeared the man was inspecting the vehicle.
The neighbor also told police he saw a young woman crying. He told police he clearly overheard the woman ask the man inspecting the SUV, “Is there any blood?”
The daughter of a veteran Los Angeles police officer surrendered Wednesday in Torrance court to face vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run charges in the death of a 60-year-old bicyclist in Gardena, prosecutors said.
TULSA, Oklahoma – Tulsa Police are asking for help in identifying a man killed in a hit and run incident last month.
It happened at about 8 p.m. on October 13, 2013.
Police were called to 12400 East 31st Street to investigate a fatality collision. When they arrived, they found a man’s body in the road.
They say the man had been run over by multiple vehicles. Police believe he was trying to cross the road when he was hit by a dark-colored Chevrolet SUV which didn’t stop.
The victim is a Hispanic male in his early to mid-20s. He was wearing a dark blue short-sleeve polo-style Nike shirt with red piping on the sides.
The shirt had a red panel on the front with a Football Club Barcelona logo and a yellow Unicef logo along the lower back area.
CLEVELAND, Ohio – A Cleveland man who in October fell victim to a hit-and-run on the city’s West Side died from his injuries Wednesday, officials said.
“Under Oregon law the penalty for hit-and-run is less than that for driving under the influence, so if you have a drunk driver who runs over and causes some property damage they’re suppose to stay put,” said retired detective Bruce McCain. “But if they flee the scene there’s actually an incentive for them to take their chance, leave the scene hoping the alcohol leaves their system rather than stay.”
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.)
Hit-and-run scene near St. Joe’s University in Philadelphia (6abc)
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Hit-and-run victim Lola Bella Cassidy
4360. McHenry, Ill. Nov. 9. 7-year-old girl walking her dog injured when struck by a small green sedan which fled the scene.
4361. Aurora, Ill. Nov. 7. 56-year-old man injured when struck by a blue or green vehicle which fled the scene.
4362. Sandy, Ore. Nov. 7. Man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4363. Philadelphia, Pa. Nov. 8. 45-year-old man injured when struck by a which fled the scene.
4364. Blanford, Mass. Nov. 8. 31-year-old woman injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4365. Appleton, Wisc. Nov. 9. 61-year-old man on bicycle fatally struck by a dual-wheel red pickup truck which fled the scene.
4366. Washington, DC. Nov. 8. Woman fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene, driver later arrested.
4367. Easton, Pa. Nov. 9. 18-year-old woman critically injured when struck by a 1990s Jeep Grand Cherokee which fled the scene. (Update: Arrest)
Suspect in Easton, Pa. hit-and-run
4368. Seldon, NY. Nov. 9. Bicyclist injured when struck by a white SUV which fled the scene.
4369. Chula Vista, Cal. Nov. 9. Pedestrian injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4370. Amarillo, Texas. Nov. 10. Pedestrian fatally struck by a light-colored four-door sedan which fled the scene.
4371. Pasco, Wash. Nov. 9. Woman fatally struck by a maroon or dark Ford SUV which fled the scene.
4372. San Antonio, Texas. Nov. 10. Man injured when struck by a silver sedan which fled the scene.
4373-76. Grand Fords, ND. Nov. 10. Four pedestrians injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; driver later arrested.
4377. Charlotte, NC. Nov. 10. Pedestrian injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
Bond was set at $50,000 Friday for former Will County board member Michael F. Wisniewski on charges of failing to report a collision involving personal injury and leaving the scene of a collision involving a personal injury.
Wisniewski, 63, of the 0-100 block of Sanders Road in Naperville, allegedly struck a 48-year-old pedestrian on Wagner Road near Walter Lane around 7:45 a.m. Thursday.
Will County sheriff’s spokesman Ken Kaupas said two women walking dogs summoned police after hearing a thump as a car passed, and finding the injured man lying in the grass. Naperville Fire Department paramedics transported the man to Edward Hospital and Health Services in Naperville.
According to Kaupas, a relative of the injured man said Friday that the man was in intensive care with a brain injury but doctors “are confident he’ll recover.”
A 19-year-old Norwood man accused of running down and killing a woman just outside her home and driving away without stopping was held on $10,000 cash bail in Stoughton District Court yesterday.
Timothy P. Ciriello pleaded not guilty to charges of leaving the scene of a crash that resulted in death after police said he hit 63-year-old Sandra Johnson while driving a white Mercury Grand Marquis on Chapman Street in Canton at about 6:20 p.m. Thursday.
An emotional Juan Rodriguez struggled through tears Thursday as he described the hit-and-run crash that authorities say left his girlfriend and a man in critical condition.
“We were walking,” Rodriguez said. “I felt my hand go up in the air and I seen my girl fly in the air and the car just kept going.”
Rodriguez and his girlfriend, Sarah Lopez, 31, were walking to dinner at Whittier and Atlantic boulevards in East Los Angeles Wednesday night when a white GMC Yukon crossed into opposing traffic and onto the sidewalk, hitting Lopez, authorities said.
The car continued onto the sidewalk, crashing into a bus stop where 56-year-old Santiago Perez was sitting, pinning him down.
The wrong-way driver jumped out of his SUV holding a child and fled the scene. The California Highway Patrol has identified that driver as Pedro Velasquez, of Cudahy.
Friends of one hit-and-run victim in St. Paul plan a memorial service for her next week. Family members of another are planning a fundraising event for him next month.
And St. Paul police are seeking information that will help identify the drivers who left the scene of accidents that killed one pedestrian and permanently injured another in recent weeks.
Police say a 24-year-old doctoral student had a blood alcohol level more than three times above the legal limit when he veered into a bike lane in Boca Raton and hit a bicyclist, killing him.
After the crash in the 6700 block of North Federal Highway, Drew Blazure kept driving, then left his bloody, smashed-up car parked at a stoplight and stumbled to a gas station. In the U-Gas parking lot, he climbed into a stranger’s car, where he threw up and then passed out until cops arrived, according to a Boca Raton police report.
A mile away, 41-year-old Tim Van Orden laid on the side of the road, his bike and body torn apart.
A motorcyclist was killed early Saturday morning when he lost control of his 1985 Honda while traveling north on Blue Lick Road and struck a guardrail and was then run over by another vehicle.
Police said the motorcyclist, identified by the Jefferson County coroner’s office as Brandon Grigsby, 25, was thrown from his bike and landed on the pavement. He was then struck by a 2006 Hummer, which then hit the motorcycle and dragged it 2.5 miles.
Hit-and-run crashes are increasing in many major cities, and hit-and-run fatalities are rising nationally as legislators in several states look to toughen laws to address this troubling “plague.”
These crashes have reached such epidemic proportions in Los Angeles that, during one recent year, nearly half of all collisions in the city involved a driver who fled the scene.
Crash data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that the number of fatal hit-and-run crashes is trending upward, from 1,274 in 2009, to 1,393 in 2010, to 1,449 in 2011, the most recent year for which statistics were available.
Perhaps more significantly, the 13.7% increase in hit-and-run deaths over that three-year period occurred while traffic deaths overall were falling 4.5%, from 33,883 in 2009 to 32,367 in 2011.
“The problem is bigger than I think most people are aware,” says Peter Kissinger, president and CEO of the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.
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.)
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.
4378. Austin, Texas. Nov. 10. Man fatally struck by a dark SUV which fled the scene.
4379. Haverhill, Mass. Nov. 11. 10-year-old boy injured when struck by a grey Mercedes which fled the scene.
4380. Robbins, NC. Nov. 10. 40-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4381. New Castle, Pa. Nov. 12. Man and woman injured when struck by a grey minivan which fled the scene.
4382. Bloom Twp., Ohio. Nov. 13. 24-year-old man fatally struck by a Jeep Grand Cherokee which fled the scene. Driver later arrested.
4383. North Andover, Mass. Nov. 14. Man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4384. Wilton Manors, Fla. Nov. 12. Woman injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4385. Fayetteville, Ark. Nov. 12. Woman injured when struck by a white Toyota which fled the scene.
4386. Nicholasville, Ark. Nov. 13. Woman injured when struck by a silver vehicle which fled the scene.
4387. Rochester, Minn. Nov. 10. Man critically injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4388. Wilmington, Del. Nov. 14. 59-year-old man injured when struck by a black Nissan and light minivan, the latter of which fled the scene.
4389. Hollister, Cal. Nov. 14. Bicyclist injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
Police are looking for the three people who were caught on camera stealing puppies during a hit-and-run theft Thursday.
At 3:25 p.m., officers with the Northglenn Police Department were called to Puppies ‘n’ Stuff, located on 1400 West 104th Ave. after three puppies were stolen.
The store owner told police two men entered the store, picked up three puppies and ran out the door. A witness saw the men running and attempted to chase after them.
They ran behind the building and onto West 103rd Place, where the witness saw the men get into a black Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by a woman.
The witness tried to stop the jeep, but police say they accelerated, clipped the witness and knocked him to the ground. He was treated and released on scene for minor injuries. The driver of the jeep is described as a Hispanic woman, 16 to 30 years of age, with shoulder-length dark hair.
MILWAUKEE —Surveillance video from a building looking at the intersection of Brady Street and Arlington Place showed a man getting struck by a car early Sunday morning.
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His friends were momentarily stunned before they rushed to his side off camera.
The driver, a 27-year-old woman was arrested a few blocks away, accused of drunken driving and hit and run.
The alleged hit-and-run collision occured at approximately 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11 in Easton. A horse-drawn buggy was traveling southbound on Route 1A when a southbound car allegedly struck the buggy, pushing it off the road onto a lawn, according to a press release from Troop F of the Maine State Police.
RICHMOND, Calif. — A hit-and-run suspect was killed when he drove into a tree just off of Interstate Highway 80 in Richmond Tuesday afternoon, police and California Highway Patrol officials said.
“You don’t leave the scene of the accident. He didn’t even know if she was dead or alive,” said Conn’s mother, who must now raise her 10-year-old grandson — and explain to him the circumstances of his mother’s death. “She lives and breathed for [her son] Eli. I want to keep her in his life so that he never forgets her.”
CLEVELAND — Investigators are making another plea for the public’s help to find the driver who struck and killed a 5-year-old boy near West 37th Street and Denison Avenue.
Back in October, Israel Thornton was crossing Denison to get to the school bus when someone hit him and then fled the scene.
Lt. James O’Malley says Cleveland police impounded a vehicle matching the description and had it forensically tested; however, it was not a match to Thornton’s DNA.
KENMORE, Wash. — The desperate 911 call from a young woman saying she had just found a body in Kenmore sounded very convincing, but prosecutors say Sydney Jones didn’t tell the whole truth, that she was responsible for the hit-and-run.
An auto shop employee who spotted human hair on a car he was working on helped crack a hit and run investigation in Springfield, Va.
Destiny Simons, 21, was walking along Gambrill Road near her home Oct. 28 when a driver struck her, and fled the scene. She was left with severe injuries to the head, torso and legs.
“She’s so lucky to be alive,” Destiny’s father Robert Simons told News4.
It wasn’t until an employee at Best Auto Glass in Merrifield contacted police, saying he found what appeared to be blood and human hair and flesh on the windshield of a Ford Taurus that was brought in for repairs.
FORT WORTH — A former Benbrook police detective was arrested almost three months after a hit-and-run accident that left four people hurt in Fort Worth.
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The Ill. roadway where Timothy Fleming and his dog Jordynn were killed in a hit-and-run.
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.
4390. Helena, Mont. Nov. 15. 62-year-old man injured when struck by a blue passenger car which fled the scene.
4391. Fresno, Cal. Nov. 14. Unidentified man fatally struck by a red 1970s Ford pickup which fled the scene.
4392. Pittsfield, Mass. Nov. 14. Man slightly injured when struck by a red vehicle which fled the scene.
4393. Bronx, NY. Nov. 15. 23-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4394. Cleveland, Ohio. Nov. 15. Man injured when struck by a white box truck which fled the scene.
4395. Lebanon, Tenn. Nov. 14. Unidentified pedestrian fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4396-97. Gurnee, Ill. Nov. 16. 31-year-old man and his black lab killed when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4398. Seattle, Wash. Nov. 14. 58-year-old woman injured when struck by a tan or beige vehicle which fled the scene.
4399. Danville, Ill. Nov. 15. Kindergartener injured when struck by a scooter which fled the scene.
Philadelphia hit-and-run victim Victor Ortiz (Courtesy of NBC10)
4400. Philadelphia, PA. Nov. 16. Man fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; driver later surrenders.
4401. St. Johns, Fla. Nov. 16. 15-year-old girl fatally struck by a gold pickup truck which fled the scene.
4402-03. Oklahoma City, Okla. Nov. 16. Two people injured when struck by a Mitsubishi Gallant which fled the scene.
4404. Derry, NH. Nov. 16. 69-year-old woman critically injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4405. Oakdale, Minn. Nov. 15. 5-year-old boy injured when struck by a dark SUV which fled the scene.
4406. San Francisco, Cal. Nov. 17. Bicyclist injured when struck by a white van which fled the scene.
4407. Charleston, SC. Nov. 17. 29-year-old man on bicycle critically injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4408. Atlanta, Ga. Nov. 18. 29-year-old woman killed when likely struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4409. Brooklyn, NY. Nov. 18. 32-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
4410. Hallandale Beach, Fla. Nov. 18. 12-year-old girl injured when struck by a maroon vehicle which fled the scene.
4411. Columbia, SC. Nov. 16. Pedestrian injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.
PORTLAND – The woman who hit a cyclist in August on Barbur Boulevard and sped off was sentenced to 3 years, 4 months in prison Friday in a Multnomah County Court.
A tearful 29-year-old Miriam Clinton admitted she “knowingly left the scene of an accident that resulted in serious injury.”
Clinton pleaded guilty to assault, DUII, and hit-and-run in October after turning herself in to police in August.
Police identified Clinton as the suspect who took off after slamming into then 20-year-old Henry Schmidt from behind as he walked his bike down Barbur Boulevard near Capitol Highway.
Lebanon police Friday morning identified a woman fatally struck by a vehicle Thursday night and initially ruled the incident an apparent accident.
According to police Chief Scott Bowen, officers responded to 900 Carthage Highway at about 8 p.m. and found Cindy Ballington, 59, of Lebanon, was hit by a vehicle and dead at the scene.
Police closed Carthage Highway and began a search for the unknown driver.
Bowen said a short time later, officers found the driver and identified her as Pamela Delay, 33, of Lebanon. Delay was driving a 2012 Dodge Journey eastbound on Carthage Highway when she struck what she thought was a mailbox, Bowen said.
According to Bowen, she continued home a short distance from the crash and called Wilson County dispatch to report it.
A former Benbrook Police officer accused of running from a hit-and-run crash in August 2012 told Fort Worth Police his pickup was stolen at the time, but the charges against him were filed this week when Jason Montgomery turned himself into police.
A Cheyenne, Wyo., woman has been arrested in a Nov. 6 hit-and-run crash that left a cyclist with serious injuries.
Around 11 p.m. Friday night, Fort Collins police arrested Amanda Mae Miller, 31, in the 3500 block of Heidi Drive near Horsetooth Road and Shields Street.
Police say Miller was the driver of a white 2003 Infiniti sedan that hit Michael Patterson, 21, a CSU student, as he cut across two lanes of traffic on Shields Street, apparently to make a left turn onto Birch Street. She was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident involving serious bodily injury, a Class 4 felony, and booked into the Larimer County Jail.
Police say that at the Nov. 6 crash, the driver stopped her car, got out, exchanged words with the bleeding and visibly injured cyclist, and then drove off.
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) – A friend of the family of a 6-year-old girl who was critically injured in a hit-and-run crash on Halloween offered a $10,000 reward in the case.
Brazyl Ward and her family had just left a trick-or-treat at their church, when they crossed a street on their way home. Ward’s father, Brandon, told FOX5 that the family noticed a car in the distance, and had stopped in the middle of the street to wait for the car, but the girl had run ahead.
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.)
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