Hit-and-runs – Philly Blunt

Philadelphia hit-and-run victim Tristan Eskridge

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.

4731-32. Philadelphia, Pa. Feb. 11. Mother and 5-year-old son injured when struck by a grey Pontiac minivan which fled the scene.

4733. Pineville, NC. Feb. 10. 70-year-old man critically injured when struck by a white 2006 through 2011 model BMW 3 series E909 which fled the scene.

4734. Henry County, Ga. Feb. 7. 28-year-old woman on bicycle injured when struck by a green, 1996‐2000 model Honda Civic EX which fled the scene.

4735. Ann Arbor, Mich. Feb. 8. 20-year-old man injured when struck by a dark-colored SUV which fled the scene.

4736. National City, Cal. Feb. 10. 49-year-old man fatally struck by a gold or silver sedan which fled the scene.

4737. Visalia, Cal. Feb. 12. 70-year-old man injured when struck by a BMW which fled the scene.

4738. Chesterfield, Ohio. Feb. 12. 41-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4739. South Lake Tahoe, Nev. Feb. 10. 15-year-old male injured when struck by a light-colored Subaru wagon which fled the scene.

4740. Batavia, NY. Feb. 5. Pedestrian injured when struck by a black two-door sedan which fled the scene.

4741. Morristown, NJ. Feb. 10. 47-year-old man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4742-43. Milwaukee, Wisc. Feb. 8. Two women injured when struck by a grey Ford Taurus or Mercury Sable which fled the scene.

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A year ago Wednesday, Sherry Houtz was walking on Interstate 99. Between 3:45 and 4:03 a.m., she encountered a vehicle. It hit her and drove away. The 32-year-old woman died at mile marker 72.6.

On Tuesday, state police at Rockview issued a reminder that the case remains “active and open.”

For Betsy Houtz, it is a wound that will never close.

“I’ve lost my parents, and I’ve lost sisters, but it’s nothing like losing a child. Even though she was an adult, she’ll always be my little girl,” said the victim’s mother, who lives in Bellefonte.

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MAHWAH — A drugged-up driver fled the scene of a crash with his 2-month old daughter in the car Tuesday morning in Mahwah, police said.

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PLYMOUTH – Plymouth Police Sgt. Laura Lincoln, who is a shift supervisor, has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident after knowingly causing property damage and negligent driving in connection with two separate accidents that occurred Friday night.

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A Marine was struck by a hit-and-run driver while riding his motorcycle on a Southern California freeway, and police are asking for the public’s help to find the driver of a truck who left the veteran lying in the road.

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Atwater police on Wednesday released a series of surveillance photographs in connection with a hit-and-run incident last month that sent a 59-year-old man to the hospital.

John Tolentino suffered 26 broken bones in his left foot Jan. 25 when he was struck by a car that then backed up and struck him a second time before leaving the parking lot of the Royal Crown mini-mart at 2689 N. Buhach Rd. in Atwater.

Doctors told him they’re not sure they’ll be able to save his foot, Tolentino said. He and his wife, Patricia, both suffer from cancer, which makes him a poor candidate for surgery.

“It’s just killing me, I’m in so much pain and I’m the only driver and my wife and I have to pay someone to drive us around,” Tolentino said Wednesday.

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Police: Man wanted for deadly hit-and-run may have fled to Mexico

And I quote (VII)…

A Norristown man who was found guilty in a bench trial in September for a hit and run of a pedestrian in East Norriton was sentenced to five years of probation for a crash involving personal injury.

Steven Erickson, 64, of the 1300 block of West Elm Street, will also have to pay $1,500 in restitution to the victim for the accident. He will also have to pay a $50 fine for each of the other summary offenses against him including failure to report the accident, failing to give required information after the accident and careless driving.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, police responded to the area of Whitehall Road and Germantown Pike on Nov. 30, 2011 at 1:40 p.m. for a report of a hit and run involving a pedestrian. The victim, who was a traffic controller, was advising Erickson that he could not make a left turn because of construction. He told police that Erickson yelled “Why?” and then “aimed” his car at the victim and struck him in the leg.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Appleton, Wisc.; Las Vegas, Nev.; Franklin, Ohio; Brooklyn, NY.

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.)

4744. Los Angeles, Cal. Feb. 13. 45-year-old man fatally struck by two vehicles which fled the scene.

4745. Detroit, Mich. Feb. 13. 58-year-old man fatally struck by a Toyota Matrix which fled the scene.

4746. Woodstock, Ga. Feb. 12. 20-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4747. San Diego, Cal. Feb. 12. Woman in her 20s injured and dog killed when struck by a grey or silver box-style Scion which fled the scene.

4748. Little Rock, Ark. Feb. 13. 12-year-old injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; driver later caught.

4749. Des Moines, Iowa. Valentine’s Day. 52-year-old woman fatally struck by a mid-sized sedan which fled the scene.

4750. Houston, Texas. Feb. 15. 28-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4751. Austin, Texas. Feb. 15. 28-year-old man on bicycle critically injured when struck by a 2012 Jeep Liberty which fled the scene.

4752-53. Tallahassee, Fla. Feb. 15. Woman killed and man injured when struck by a dark-colored sedan which fled the scene.

4754. Bensalem, Pa. Valentine’s Day. 14-year-old injured after being struck by a vehicle which tried to flee the scene but was blocked in and held by witnesses.

4755. Columbus, Ohio. Feb. 15. Child injured when struck by a silver Honda Civic which fled the scene.

4756. Buffalo, NY. Feb. 15. 16-year-old male injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; driver later surrendered.

4757. Pacific Palisades, Cal. Valentine’s Day. Man in his 30s gravely injured when struck by a silver Toyota Prius which fled the scene.

4758. Marietta, Ga. Feb. 13. Man in his 20s fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4759. Santa Maria, Cal. Feb. 12. 24-year-old man on bicycle critically injured when struck by a late 90s Jeep Grand Cherokee which fled the scene.

4760. Parsippany, NJ. Feb. 10. 47-year-old man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4761. Janesville, Wisc. Feb. 12. 46-year-old man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4762. Caroline County, Ohio. Feb. 13. 44-year-old woman injured when struck by a Dodge truck which fled the scene.

4763. Northbridge, Mass. Feb. 13. 74-year-old man fatally struck by a red Ford Taurus which fled the scene.

Related stories:

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A local driver has been on the run for a year after police say he hit and killed someone who was simply crossing the street.

Friday will mark one year since Tommy Gann was run down near the intersection of Southeast Holgate and 15th.

Right after the crash, police identified Victorio Nogueda-Barrera as the driver, but they haven’t been able to find him anywhere. Gann’s family says they are tired of waiting and are now taking action.

“We want him found now,” said Gann’s niece, Melissa Ash. “He’s still out there, and my uncle is dead, it’s not fair.”

“It hasn’t been easy, my uncle was a good man. He was a dad, a papa, he loved his grandchildren, he loved his daughters, he loved his family.”

Thursday Gann’s family walked all over southeast Portland posting fliers with Nogueda-Barrera’s picture on them. They concentrated on areas they believe he used to work, in particular 188th and Stark.

“We think he had a fruit stand over here, so we’re just hoping by posting these fliers someone recognizes him and turns him in,” said Ash.

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Los Angeles police are drafting plans for a proposed program that would offer Angelenos rewards of up to $50,000 for information that helps arrest and convict hit-and-run drivers.

Los Angeles has “the distinction of being the hit-and-run capital of the country,” City Councilman Joe Buscaino said at a meeting of the Public Safety Committee on Friday morning. Offering a reward would increase the incentive for witnesses to come forward, ultimately “bringing these cowards to justice.”

Last year, Los Angeles had more than 21,000 hit-and-run crimes, including more than 1,200 injuries and 41 deaths, L.A. Police Cmdr. Blake Chow told the committee.

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A Terrell County man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to killing two people in a hit-and-run accident in 2013.

Court officials state that Scotty Oxford, 36, was sentenced Monday to a total of 30 years, with the first eight of those in prison and the remainder on supervised probation.

Court records show Oxford entered guilty pleas to two counts of homicide by vehicle, one count of hit and run and one count of serious injury by vehicle.

The fatal incident occurred in February, 2013, when police say Latosha Harvey and her 4-year-old daughter, Emani, were killed as they walked across U.S. Highway 82 just north of Dawson. Police records show they were struck by a tractor-trailer rig driven by Oxford. A third victim, 23-year-old Adrianna Glover, was severely injured in the incident and taken to Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, officials stated.

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Officers believe that the victim, 68-year-old Joan Luttrell of Yuba City, was attempting to cross Gray Avenue when she was struck by Estrada-Perez’ van.

Witnesses allege that the driver made no effort to stop.

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The parents of a Southern California teenager who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run Monday released a chilling photo of the boy in his hospital bed and offered a $500 reward to catch the driver.

“To launch his body about 40 feet, have him hit the pavement at the impact that it did and then just leave him there … I am just appalled that someone would consider my son disposable,” the boy’s mother, Victoria Cureton, told NBC Los Angeles.

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A 21-year-old man was reportedly run over by a sport-utility vehicle as he tried to chase down a group of people who robbed him of his wallet Wednesday night in Eugene, police said.

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OLMSTED TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Police are searching for a suspect in a hit-and-run incident that left a 15-year-old girl with a concussion.

On Feb. 6, police said a car struck a female Olmsted Falls High School student from behind in the high school parking lot. The girl was taken to the hospital and was diagnosed with a concussion, police said.

“She’s OK now, “ said Lt. Matt Vanyo of the Olmsted Township police department.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Kirkwood, Mo.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Hamilton, Ohio; Echo Park, Cal.; Monroe, La.

4764. Portland, Oreg. Feb. 15. Pedestrian fatally struck by a silver minivan which fled the scene.

4765. Charlotte, NC. Feb. 15. 50-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4766. Arlington, Texas. Feb. 15. 73-year-old man injured when struck by a “indigo” blue or dark blue Chevrolet Cavalier 2-door, possibly a mid-90’s or early 2000’s model which fled the scene.

4767. San Jose, Cal. Feb. 16. Man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4768. D’Iberville, Miss. Feb. 16. 42-year-old man injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; driver later caught.

4769. Fresno, Cal. Feb. 16. Man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4770. Lincoln City, Ore. Feb. 16. 88-year-old man fatally struck by a white two-door vehicle which fled the scene.

4771. Pelham, NH. Feb. 16. 50-year-old man injured when struck by a Lincoln which fled the scene.

4772. Waianae, Hawaii. Feb. 17. Pedestrian injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4773. Palm Springs, Cal. Feb. 16. Man fatally struck by two vehicle, the second of which, a Dodge Durango, fled the scene.

4774. San Antonio, Texas. Feb. 17. Unidentified man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4775. Bellefontaine, Ohio. Feb. 16. 34-year-old U.S. Marine fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4776. Jensen Beach, Fla. Feb. 17. 70-year-old man on bicycle fatally struck by a black extended-cab pickup truck which fled the scene.

4777. Indianapolis, Ind. Feb. 18. Man injured when struck by a light-colored pickup truck which fled the scene.

4778. Dalles, Oreg. Feb. 16. 78-year-old man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4779. Philadelphia, Pa. 32-year-old man critically injured when struck by a black 2000-2004 Jeep Cherokee which fled the scene.

Related stories:

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Dwight Bradford was awakened by a crunching sound about 4 a.m. on a Saturday last summer. He looked outside and saw a group of people trying to maneuver a car into a garage outside the house he was renting on North Coolidge.

“They had it on the back of a little U-Haul truck and had it covered with a tarp or something,” he said.

Bradford had seen on the news that Wichita police were looking for a silver Mercury Grand Marquis that had been involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident July 5 on 21st Street. After the group with the U-Haul left, he said, he went out to the garage and looked under the tarp. It was a silver Mercury Grand Marquis with a smashed windshield and front-end damage. He said he called Crime Stoppers later that morning.

“I immediately knew that was the car they were looking for,” he said.

Bradford, who is 44 and unemployed, said he was happy to hear that Crime Stoppers had authorized the payment of a $1,000 reward for the tip that solved the case.

But now, he said, it looks like he won’t get a dime.

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Police have made an arrest in a Denver hit-and-run traffic incident that killed an 11-year-old boy.

Oswaldo Lopez, 21, is being held on suspicion of vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of the fatal accident, said Sonny Jackson, a Denver Police Department spokesman.

The fatal hit-and-run happened at about 8 p.m. Sunday at Federal Boulevard and West Colfax Avenue.

A suspect vehicle, a dark blue Dodge Charger, was found in Aurora and Lopez was taken into custody.

The child’s name has not been released.

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ST. PAUL, Minn. – Two St. Thomas University seniors have been released from the hospital nearly three months after they were victims of a hit-and-run crash.

TommieMedia.com reports that both Rebekka Peterson and Nicholas Bergeland have rehabilitation and surgeries in their future.

Peterson’s mother, Susan, told TommieMedia that her daughter’s rehabilitation is now focused on improving her speaking and reading abilities.

Nick Bergeland’s mother, Denine, said her son is currently working on his physical strength at a facility that will help him return to college.

St. Paul Police arrested a woman in connection with the hit-and-run that occurred in the 1900 block of Grand Avenue in St. Paul at about 2:30 a.m. on Nov. 24.

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HILTON HEAD, SC – The South Carolina Highway Patrol says a suspect in the hit and run that killed pedestrian in Hilton Head Island Friday night has been arrested.

Katie Lynn Byam of Savannah was arrested on Sunday, and charged with Leaving the Scene With Injuries.

A Navy veteran, Joshua Michael Hebenstreit, 28, of Hilton Head Island was killed in the crash Friday night, according to Beaufort County Deputy Coroner David Ott.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol reports the hit and run crash happened on Lagoon Road in Hilton Head Island around 9 p.m.

Hebenstreit was walking along the road when the crash happened.

On Monday, his friends and relatives were mourning his death on social media.

“Josh was hit on Valentine’s Day walking home from the grocery store by hit-and-run driver. He was left to die in someone’s yard just two houses from home and discovered by two bicyclists,” his uncle, Jim Herring, wrote on Facebook.

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Three people were arrested and two were injured after a fight at a Harwood mobile home park Monday afternoon ended in a hit-and-run, police said.

The incident happened at the Maryland Manor Mobile Home Park in the 1500 block of Flanders Ln., where a 22-year-old Hughesville woman and her boyfriend were dropping her child off to her estranged husband, Steven Wilson, Jr. During the 3 p.m. drop-off, Wilson and the woman got into an argument that escalated into a fight, police said. Her boyfriend, Stephen Bassford, got out of the car and hit Wilson’s brother, Matthew Wilson, in the arm with a baseball bat, police said. Matthew Wilson picked up a two-by-four and hit Bassford in the arm with it, police said.

As Bassford and the woman got into the car to leave, Matthew Wilson smashed the driver’s side window with the two-by-four, police said. Bassford hit Matthew Wilson with his car as he was driving away, as well as a female bystander and two vehicles parked in the lot, police said.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Evans, NY; W. Lebanon, Vt.; York County, SC; Chesterfield, Mo.; Eau Claire, Wisc.

This is what my skull looked like for a few months after getting hit-and-run.

This is what my head looked like for a few months after getting hit-and-run.

Yes, I’m frustrated with the Pennsylvania state legislature’s inability to sufficiently bolster penalties for hit-and-runs that would serve to erase that whole leave-to-sober-up-get-lower-penalties loophole.

But what I’m not frustrated with are state Sen. Larry Farnese’s continued efforts to break through that wall on behalf of hit-and-run victims across the commonwealth.

Today, I got word that Farnese plans to reintroduce legislation to hike the penalties.

“Each life that is impacted by a hit and run accident deserves to be given adequate justice,” he wrote in correspondence seeking co-sponsors.

Here is that note in its entirety:

February 19, 2014 10:50 AM

Sen. Lawrence Farnese
Hit and Run Accidents

In the near future, I plan to reintroduce legislation that would address hit and run accidents involving death or personal injury under Title 75, sect.3742. In 2012, HB 208 (Reed) was signed into law, which provided for sentencing enhancements for hit and runs resulting in death.

This bill is similar to SB 889 of the 2011-2012 legislative session, which moved out of the Senate Transportation Committee. However, several changes have been made with the help of Senator John Rafferty, the Pennsylvania District Attorney’s Office and Mark Bergstrom at the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing.

Specifically, this legislation provides for an additional fine and consecutive minimum sentence to be served for each victim who suffers serious bodily injury (SBI) or death. The legislation also provides sentencing enhancements if the assailant was driving under the influence, terms that would be required to be served consecutively under the bill.

Hit and run accidents can have the devastating effects on individuals and their loved ones. We need to ensure that individuals who attempt to evade their responsibility when they cause an accident and do not stop are held accountable. Each life that is impacted by a hit and run accident deserves to be given adequate justice.

I hope you will join me in sponsoring this legislation. Please feel free to contact my office if you have any questions concerning this proposal.

Thank you, Sen. Farnese, for not giving up. I thank you, and all hit-and-run victims thank you.

Nehemiah Gredic, 32, was trying to fix his bicycle along the side of Kingsessing Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia around 5 p.m. Monday when he was struck by what was likely a Jeep Grand Cherokee.

The cowardly driver stopped briefly before fleeing.

Gredic was taken to HUP with severe head injuries that soon took his life.

Police released this video (the initial video, which has since been edited, showed Gredic getting hit; it was tough to watch) of the collision in the hopes that it’d lead to identifying the scumbag driver who values nothing but his/her own well-being.

Take a look. If you’ve seen this vehicle, call the police.

If you see this suspect do not approach him, contact 911 immediately.
To submit a tip via telephone, dial 215.686.TIPS (8477) or text a tip to PPD TIP or 773847.

Bellefontaine, Ohio

4780. Lafayette, Ind. Feb. 18. 46-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4781. Garden City, Ga. Feb. 18. 20-year-old woman injured when struck by a silver or gray four-door car which fled the scene.

4782. Las Vegas, Nev. Feb. 20. 57-year-old man critically injured struck by a pickup truck which fled the scene.

4783. Warren, Mich. Feb. 20. 62-year-old woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4784. Denver, Colo. Feb. 21. Man injured when struck by a silver/grey sedan which fled the scene.

4785. Yorktown, Pa. Feb. 20. 73-year-old woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4786. Erie, Pa. Feb. 20. 51-year-old man fatally struck by a gold sedan which fled the scene.

4787. Grand Rapids, Mich. Feb. 21. 21-year-old man on bicycle injured when struck by a gray older-model minivan which fled the scene.

4788. Toledo, Ohio. Feb. 21. Woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4789. Chesapeake, Va. Feb. 20. 57-year-old woman fatally struck by a dark pickup truck which fled the scene.

4790. Jacksonville, Fla. Feb. 21. Person on scooter killed when struck by a truck which fled the scene.

4791. Jersey City, NJ. Feb. 20. Woman on bicycle fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4792. Pocatello, Idaho. Feb. 20. 16-year-old male injured when struck by a white four-door vehicle which fled the scene.

Related stories:

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Authorities in North Texas say they had to pull a suspect in a hit-and-run crash off a plane Wednesday as he was trying to flee the United States.

Arlington police said 25-year-old Omar Bashir Mohammad was detained Wednesday night after he was pulled off a plane at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport trying to flee to the Middle Eastern country of Jordan.

Mohammad, police said, was driving a car that struck 73-year-old Terry Pinkston from behind Saturday as he walked in his North Arlington neighborhood.

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A man struck by a car on Route 7 may have been fleeing a hit and run crash in Sterling on Tuesday, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. The victim has not been identified.

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Was it legal for Wilkes-Barre police to seize hit-and-run suspect Daniel Loughnane’s pickup truck without a search warrant in August 2012?

His attorney, Peter Paul Olszewski Jr., argues it wasn’t. He is urging a judge to block the truck as evidence in his client’s criminal case related to the death of a teenage girl on Hazle Street in Wilkes-Barre.

Prosecutors say the truck needed to be taken because Loughnane could not be located, a pending rainstorm threatened to wash away possible evidence and a spare set of keys were inside the truck, creating the possibility it could be driven away.

Luzerne County Judge Michael Vough will soon decide.

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Swatara Township police are asking for the public’s help as they continue to search for leads in a fatal hit-and-run that occurred nearly four years ago.

Charles Carver, 51, of Lower Paxton Township, was found March 5, 2010, in the 500 block of North Harrisburg Street after police said he was struck by a vehicle driving south.

Carver was transported to the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

The vehicle that hit him stopped briefly, but then fled, police said. It was described to police as a small car, silver in color, with a lip-style spoiler, and triangular taillights. Police also released a computer-generated sketch of a suspect in the hit-and-run shortly after it occurred.

Anyone with information on the incident is urged to contact police Lt. Tom Stauffer at 717-564-2550.

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Nehemiah Gredic, 32, was trying to fix his bicycle along the side of Kingsessing Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia around 5 p.m. Monday when he was struck by what was likely a Jeep Grand Cherokee.

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An Orlando police officer was arrested after investigators said he may have hit a woman’s car in a parking lot along Kirkman Road near Universal Studios and then took off.

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Garland police charged a man this week in connection with a hit and run accident that killed a man in October 2013.
Roman Lewis Sanchez, 20, of Garland, was named in a Crime Stoppers tip last week as the driver of the Lincoln Town Car that struck Dennis Hall and killed him.

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SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) – Shreveport Mayoral hopeful Melvin Slack has been arrested in connection with a hit and run

Slack was taken into custody Friday morning in the 4100 block of Pines Rd., near his home and campaign headquarters.

Police say Slack was pulled over in his Chevy Avalanche, which was reportedly involved in a hit and run several weeks ago in the parking lot at Mt. Canaan Baptist Church. Police say he hit a woman’s car with that truck and then left the scene.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Martin County, Fla.; San Jose, Cal.; Portland, Ore.; DeKalb Co., Ga.; West Palm Beach, Fla.

Vehicle in Erie, Pa. hit-and-run

4793. Phoenix, Az. Feb. 21. 34-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4794. Lakeland, Fla. Feb. 22. 32-year-old man injured when struck by a Dodge pickup truck which fled the scene.

4795. Lake Balboa, Cal. Feb. 21. 18-year-old man fatally struck by a silver sedan and brown Honda Accord which fled the scene.

4796. Syracuse, NY. Feb. 22. Man on bicycle injured when struck by a white Dodge pickup truck which fled the scene.

4797. Grand Rapids, Mich. Feb. 19. 55-year-old man injured when struck by a Jeep Grand Liberty which fled the scene.

4798. Laguna Beach, Cal. Feb. 24. Unidentified man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4799. San Diego, Cal. Feb. 23. Pedestrian fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4800. Joliet, Ill. Feb. 23. 62-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4801-03. Austin, Texas. Feb. 22. Three women injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; driver later caught.

4804. Nashua, NH. Feb. 23. 63-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4805. Gloucester, Va. Feb. 22. Man on bicycle injured when struck by a 2002-2006 Toyota Tundra which fled the scene.

4806. Chula Vista, Cal. Feb. 22. Boy injured when struck by a light blue Mercedes-Benz C-Class which fled the scene.

Related stories:

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When the Rev. Francis X. “Butch” Mazur read about the recent hit-and-run fatality in the Town of Evans, the news story hit him like a thunderbolt.

“I know exactly how these people feel,” Mazur said, talking about the family of Barry “Bob” Moss, who was killed three days before Christmas on Route 5 in Evans. “My family and I have been through the same thing.”

Police have made some progress in the probe into Moss’ death, impounding the sport utility vehicle that they believe hit the 52-year-old father of three. But so far, there have been no arrests.

Mazur, chaplain of the Erie County Medical Center, has been closely following the Moss investigation. He said the case brings back memories of the death of his sister, Susan T. Mazur, a widely respected school teacher, who was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Evans 28 years ago last week. Her death has been unsolved since Feb. 17, 1986, and is one of four unsolved hit-and-run fatalities in the town.

“The police chased all kinds of leads but never got anywhere,” said Mazur, 64. “Even after all these years, our family still wants closure. We want answers about what happened.”

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UNION TOWNSHIP, OH (FOX19) – Union Township investigators have arrested the suspect involved in a Friday evening hit-and-run that killed a Cincinnati Country Day School faculty member.

Police say Todd Shaw, 51, fatally struck bicyclist Fredrick Carey on Round Bottom Road and then fled the area. Authorities say that alcohol was a factor in the hit-and-run.

And I quote (III)…

“It’s sad and disgusting,” said Strawcutter. Everybody has a right to live; driving is a privilege. If you hear a thump, you should stop.”

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HATTIESBURG (WDAM) – A 37-year-old Hattiesburg woman is the subject of a nationwide alert after the Hattiesburg man she is accused of running over with her car died.

Hattiesburg police are searching for Carrie Lea Reynolds on second degree murder charges.

Reynolds is believed to be the driver of a car that ran over 71-year-old William B. Foster of Hattiesburg who had been a passenger in her car.

And I quote (V)…

Emery Black, 51, was hit by a red or burgundy sedan as he crossed Liberty between West 15th and 16th streets Thursday evening, police said. He died of his injuries at UPMC Hamot on Friday morning.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Yorktown, NY; Huntington Beach, Cal.; Denver, Colo.; Rockaway Twp., NJ.

4807. Houston, Texas. Feb. 26. Man fatally struck by two vehicles which fled the scene.

4808. Butler, Pa. Feb. 22. Postal worker injured when struck by a blue hatchback vehicle which fled the scene.

4809. Tulsa, Okla. Feb. 26. 57-year-old woman fatally struck by a van which fled the scene.

4810. Fontana, Cal. Feb. 26. Man in his fifties fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4811. Santa Maria, Cal. Feb. 27. 68-year-old man on bicycle seriously injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4812. Las Vegas, Nev. Feb. 21. Pedestrian injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4813. Austin, Ill. Jan. 17. Man injured when struck by a white or light-colored four-door sedan, possibly a 2001-2005 Buick Century or Le Sabre. which fled the scene.

4814. Lunenberg, Mass. Feb. 27. 26-year-old man seriously injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4815. Queens, NY. Feb. 27. 73-year-old woman fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene but was later caught.

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And I quote (I)…

Police arrested a woman in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a Vancouver man last year.

Jessica B. Van Wechel, 30, was arrested in Camas, Wash. on Wednesday, according to Vancouver Police spokeswoman Kim Kapp.

The crash occurred on Oct. 28, 2013 at Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard and 105th Avenue in Vancouver. Stephen D. Dewey, 65, was seriously injured when a vehicle hit him while he was crossing the street. He was using a walker at the time.

Dewey died at the hospital.

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“I am not mad at them in any way,” Shannon said. “I know it was a clear mistake. So, I’m not mad at them I don’t want anyone to think that. I just want closure for my dad.”

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A judge has denied a request by hit-and-run suspect Thomas Letteer Jr. to suppress statements he made to police investigating the death of a 5-year-old boy.

Attorneys for Letteer had asked a judge to block statements he gave to police when they approached him outside his Plains Township home on Dec. 23, 2012, two days after the fatal crash that killed Kevin Miller on North Street in Wilkes-Barre.

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“This individual is only 27 years old, and it was the 26th offense of driving while under suspension. As a matter of fact, last year, he was stopped 19 separate times. He had an accident in October of last year, and he had an accident in January of this year,” Racine Police Lt. Gary Larsen said.

Lt. Larsen calls Kindle’s record “mind-boggling,” but when it comes to enforcing Kindle’s revoked license, their hands are tied.

“It’s a municipal fine. It’s not even a criminal charge,” Lt. Larsen said.

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SAN JOSE — Police announced Tuesday that two people have been arrested in the city’s seventh homicide, which involved a man being fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver after a Feb. 16 altercation at the Capitol Flea Market.

Andrew Reynoso, 24, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of murder, while Davinna Mariscal, 21, was arrested Feb. 18 on suspicion of being an accessory after the fact. Both are San Jose residents.

Eric Vallejo, 23, was struck by a vehicle on Snell Avenue just south of Capitol Expressway in what investigators believe was a gang-related killing.

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The reach of social media has played out in Facebook postings this week following a Feb. 22 hit-and-run accident in Anne Arundel County that left an Arlington woman critically injured and a College Park woman hurt. Detectives continue their search for the driver who fled the scene.

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Koloski is accused in the death of Javan Robinson, 24, of Rockaway Township, who was trying to cross Route 46 when he was hit by Koloski’s 2010 Dodge Charger, according to police.

After the crash, Robinson “became airborne and hit the windshield,” but Koloski continued driving, Kabse said.

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The bail for an Albany woman accused of attempted murder will remain at $120,000, Judge DeAnn Novotny ruled Tuesday during a hearing in Linn Circuit Court.

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The Pensacola Police Department is seeking a suspect who failed to appear for her sentencing in connection to a 2012 hit-and-run offense.

Bridgette Ann Cross, 48, was involved in a traffic crash at the Intersection of I and Cervantes streets, according to a news release from the PPD. She reportedly fled the scene in her vehicle, but was later arrested on charges of hit-and-run involving serious injury and driving with a suspended license.

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Anyone who drives off after hitting another vehicle and injuring someone would find themselves the subject of intensive manhunts under a bill that won preliminary approval in the Colorado House on Tuesday.

The measure, HB1191, would operate similarly to the more well-known Amber Alert, which uses the media and other sources when a child is abducted.

This system, created in Denver in 2012 and now operating in at least one other Colorado city, would do the same for hit-and-run drivers, but only in the case of serious bodily injury or death, said Rep. Kathleen Conti, R-Littleton, who introduced the bill with Sen. Steve King, R-Grand Junction.

“This will assist our law enforcement in the apprehension of the folks that would flee the scene of a serious bodily injury or fatality accident,” Conti said.

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South Knoxville hit-and-run part of ‘ongoing family feud’

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MIDDLETOWN, CT (WFSB) – The family of a teenager who was hit and killed by several vehicles more than a year ago said they still do not have answers.

On Dec. 7, 2012, Cailyn Bassett, 15, was walking along Saybrook Road in Middletown. She was on her way to the Fellowship Church for a youth group meeting from a bus stop when, according to her family, she was struck by three cars and a truck.

The incident was caught on camera by a neighboring business, investigators said.

Joan Bassett, Cailyn Bassett’s grandmother, said the weather may have played a role.

“Nobody knew it was a person, they thought they hit a bump because it was foggy,” she said.

That theory, however, was never confirmed and Cailyn Bassett’s death was still under investigation as of Thursday.

Joan Bassett said she’s been in contact with the detective on the case.

“It just doesn’t make sense that now, a year, and it’s still sitting in the forensics department,” she said.

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A veteran traffic homicide detective took the stand Thursday in the trial of 39-year-old Sandor Guillen, charged in the fatal hit-and-run that crash that killed 13-year-old Kaely Camacho.

On the second day of proceedings, Miami-Dade Police Sgt. David Greenwell showed the jury photos of the April 2012 wreck.

“I have never seen a car ripped in half like this,” Greenwell said. “And I look at car crashes all the time.”

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) — A mourning mother is pleading to the public to give information on the driver who hit and killed her 15-year old son earlier this month in Fort Lauderdale.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Des Moines, Iowa; Detroit, Mich.; Phoenix, Ariz.; Waco, Texas; New Haven, Ct.; Fairbanks, Alaska; Hacienda Heights, Cal.; South Fairmont, Ohio; New Brunswick, NJ; Boise, Idaho; Cary, NC.

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4816. Laguna Beach, Cal. Feb. 24. 51-year-old man critically injured struck by a dark two-door sedan which fled the scene.

4817. Eugene, Ore. Feb. 28. Woman injured when struck by a minivan which fled the scene.

4818. New Orleans, La. March 1. 21-year-old man on skateboard fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4819. Shenango, Pa. Feb. 28. Man killed when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4820-23. Tampa, Fla. March 2. Family of four injured when struck by an SUV which fled the scene.

4824. Brooklyn, NY. March 2. Pedestrian injured when struck by an SUV which fled the scene.

4825. Austin, Texas. March 2. 24-year-old man fatally struck by a blue pickup truck which fled the scene.

4826. Grand Rapids, Mich. March 3. Woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4827. Stockton, Cal. March 3. Pedestrian fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

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Hit-and-run victim Amanda O’Malley

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WORCESTER (CBS) — Police say a 17-year-old is facing charges after leaving the scene of an accident that left a woman seriously injured.

Twenty-three-year-old Amanda O’Malley was walking her dog near her home on Belmont Street Friday night when a car struck her and then left the scene.

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Cops on Friday were grilling a suspected hit-and-run driver after she mowed down a man crossing a downtown Manhattan street earlier in the day.

The woman was driving a rented luxury sedan westbound on Hester Street and turned left onto the Bowery at 7 a.m., when she plowed into Tak Ng, 63, leaving him unconscious in the roadway, police said.

The unidentified driver jumped out of the 2014 red Infiniti Q50 and walked over to the severely injured victim, cops said.

But she then heartlessly dashed back to car and sped away, heading toward Brooklyn, cops said.

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[E]xperts who have studied driving behavior say drivers flee the scenes of accidents for a variety of reasons.

Sheer panic is perhaps the main motivator, experts say, but a driver might be under the influence of drugs or alcohol, lack insurance, or may be wanted on other criminal charges.

“It’s fear of getting caught, particularly if a hit-and-run driver may have been driving recklessly or drunk,” said James Fox, dean of the criminal justice college at Northeastern University. “It could be someone who is fleeing from another crime or someone without a license.

“It could be someone doing something they shouldn’t be doing or have someone in the car who they shouldn’t be with.”

Police officers who investigate hit-and-run cases say they are surprised at how many law-abiding citizens will run away from an accident.

“It’s only human nature that a person is going to be traumatized or scared in any type of automobile accident, let alone running down three pedestrians,” said Chuck Barham, a detective with the Sacramento police department who has made a career out of investigating hit-and-run accidents.

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DENVER – Colorado House Representative Kathleen Conti (R-Littleton) formally asked her Democratic colleagues Friday for permission to introduce a late session bill to address what she believes to be a problem with the current statute of limitations for hit-and-runs.

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A woman has been killed in a road accident just yards from where her twin sister died in a hit-and-run 18 years ago.

Nurse Sarah Sanaghan, 29, was killed when her car collided with a tanker in Crete, Illinois.

The mother-of-one was heading west when the collision took place on Illinois Route 394, according to ABC.

In a grisly turn of fate, the accident took place just 500 yards from where her twin sister Cari died in May 1996. She was just 11-years-old.

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Close to midnight on February 23rd, 2014, the lives of many people changed forever. Javan “Jay” Robinson, the love of Katelyn Kagans’ life and soon to be father of Jordan, their son due to be born any day now, was tragically killed. Jay, after working that evening, came home and decided to walk to the local supermarket for a snack for himself and Katelyn as he often did. While standing on the side of Rt. 46 waiting to cross the road, he was hit by a drunk driver and killed instantly. Needless to say, Katelyn and all of Jays family and friends are devastated. We will all miss Jay and his fantastic personality. As many people have said, Jay had a way of lighting up the room.

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A Manheim motorist will be tried for allegedly striking a woman in Mount Joy, while drunk, then fleeing the scene and hiding from police.

Matthew J. Goodhart, 20, waived a preliminary hearing Friday on charges of hit-and-run, underage drinking and DUI regarding the Nov. 12 incident that injured a Mount Joy woman.

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Sergeant Thad Pool jumped out of his squad car and rushed toward the victim “She was lying east of the crosswalk, face down in a large puddle of blood coming from her head,” Pool wrote in his report. “She was unconscious and had labored breathing.”

Pool checked her pulse. It was faint. “Can you hear me?” he asked, holding his breath for the response. The woman groaned.

That was Broadway and Johnson Street in 2004. In the years since then, there have been at least 64 pedestrian accidents on Winona streets, according to police records requested by the Winona Post. Three of those accidents were fatal. Victims suffered injuries in 45 of them.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Norwich, Ct.; Fairview Heights, Ill.; Upland, Pa.; Denver, Colo.; Lake Worth, Fla.; Mililani, Hawaii; Nashua, NH; East New York, NY; Des Moines, Iowa; College Station, Texas.

Vigil for New Orleans victim Clifton Drummer

4828. Westbrook, Maine. March 2. Woman injured when struck by a gray SUV which fled the scene.

4829. Antioch, Cal. March 3. 48-year-old man injured when struck by a silver minivan which fled the scene.

4830. St. Petersburg, Fla. March 2. 24-year-old man fatally struck by a black Chevy Impala which fled the scene.

4831. West Norriton, Pa. March 4. 52-year-old man critically injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4832. Ocean Twp., NJ. Feb. 24. 81-year-old man injured when struck by a BMW which fled the scene.

4833. Miami, Fla. March 5. 75-year-old man critically injured when struck by a white minivan which fled the scene.

4834. Upper Darby, Pa. March 6. Man injured when struck by a gray van which fled the scene.

4835. Philadelphia, Pa. March 6. Unidentified man critically injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

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And I quote (I)…

Chilling surveillance video shows a teen girl being struck by two cars after she darted into traffic in Southern California, and then lying injured in the road after the drivers took off.

One of the drivers was arrested shortly after Monday’s accident in Santa Ana, but authorities were still hunting for the other, a woman driving a dark Cadillac.

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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — IMPD detectives say the 7-month-old baby boy killed in Tuesday’s late night hit-and-run was not buckled into his car seat.

“It appears the car seat was not fastened inside the car and the child was not securely fastened inside that car seat,” said IMPD Lt. Chris Bailey.

Police say they are looking for two people who ran from the scene of the crash that killed the baby.

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The body of Roy Joseph, 41, was found in a grassy area on the north side of Olive, near Highway 141. A recent snow had covered a sidewalk that morning. Joseph was walking home when he was struck.

Joseph was the second person in a week to be killed in a hit-and-run accident. Police believe Joe Auffenberg was killed when a minivan hit him in the 400 block of North Kirkwood Road, just south of Bodley Avenue around 11:15pm February 9.

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Philip Wood, 22, was walking along northbound MoPac near Windsor Lane in Central Austin around 2:20 am when witnesses say someone driving a small late 90s model pickup truck hit him and then sped away. Wood was pronounced dead at the scene.

A representative with the University of Texas athletics department says Wood was a distance runner on the Texas track and field team from the 2009-10 and 2011-12 seasons.

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BROOKLYN – A $12,000 reward is now being offered in the search for an ATV hit-and-run driver who struck a police officer.

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NEW ORLEANS — Police are still searching for a driver who hit and killed a young skateboarder in New Orleans East before leaving the scene.

Clifton Drummer’s family held a vigil Wednesday night to remember the 21-year-old. They’re hoping someone can help catch the reckless driver.

“It’s really sad, and it’s really heartbreaking to know that people would just leave him laying there in the dark to die,” said Angie Wright of her son’s sudden death.

The heartbreak is somewhat surreal as family and friends of Clifton Drummer IV met to mourn the young life lost.

“We will leave no stone unturned, we will not be quiet,” said his godmother to the crowd.

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A 53-year-old Jacksonville man who drove away after hitting a 3-year-old girl with his car in July entered a guilty plea Wednesday and was sentenced to eight years in prison, according to the State Attorney’s Office.

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Linda Ibrahim, 28, of Cornwall, was in Orange County Court Wednesday for a conference on charges including second-degree manslaughter and vehicular manslaughter in the hit-and-run death of Eric Geter.

More than a dozen members of Geter’s family were in court to watch. They vowed last month at Ibrahim’s arraignment to attend all court proceedings as a show of their love and support for his memory.

Although Geter’s family had been upset after the arraignment that Ibrahim remained free on bond, they remained calm and composed Wednesday. The proceeding was brief.

After court, in the courthouse hallway, Ibrahim handed the short written statement to a reporter.

The note’s text:

“My lawyer has advised me not to speak of this case, however, I would like to send my heartfelt condolences out to — not only the entire Geter family — but to every single person who has been touched by Eric’s life “» especially his son.”

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TALLAHASSEE, FL, (WTXL) — Almost a month after Twayla Ragin was killed in a hit and run accident, police said they are still looking for the person who killed her.

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NASHUA – A 39-year-old Nashua woman has been charged with conduct after an accident in connection with the Feb. 23 death of a homeless man who was hit and killed on West Hollis Street.

Cara Smith, 39, of 6 Satin Ave., turned herself into Nashua police Thursday afternoon after a warrant was issued for her arrest.

After the crash, which occurred around 7:20 p.m. on Feb. 23, detectives said a dark-colored sport utility vehicle was identified through surveillance footage. An anonymous tip linked Smith to the vehicle.

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Sixteen-year-old Devaughn Moore was making his way home after filling out a job application to work in a coffee shop at Erie County Medical Center when a car struck him on Main Street in the Parkside neighborhood.

The driver sped away, leaving Devaughn crumpled on the road with a critical head injury. Tuesday, nearly five weeks later, he was released from Women & Children’s Hospital and is now learning how to walk again.

Wednesday, Buffalo city accident investigators arrested Kevin A. Ford, a 23-year-old city garbage collector on disability, and charged him with leaving the scene of a serious physical injury accident and falsely reporting the car involved in the accident as having been stolen.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Marquette, Mich.; Harlingen, Texas; Ambridge, Pa.; Houston, Texas; Napa, Cal.; Chicago, Ill.; Longview, Texas; Rockaway Twp., NJ; Las Vegas, Nev.; Tallahassee, Fla.

Tammi Beers Frias of Aloha holds a picture of her son, Harley Rocher, 18, who was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Beaverton in January 2013. The driver and involved vehicle have still not been found. Police say a lack of witnesses and evidence left at the scene have made solving the case difficult. (Everton Bailey Jr./The Oregonian)

4836. Charlotte, NC. March 5. 51-year-old woman fatally struck by a white Chevy Express van which fled the scene.

4837. Escondido, Cal. March 6. 51-year-old man injured when struck by a silver vehicle which fled the scene.

4838. Collingdale, Pa. March 7. 58-year-old man fatally struck by a Chevy Subruban which fled the scene.

4839. Sunland, Cal. March 8. 18-year-old man in street after collision fatally struck by a different unknown vehicle which fled the scene.

4840-43. Chapel Hill, NC. March 8. Four pedestrians struck by an unknown vehicle which fled the scene.

4844. Waimalu, Hawaii. March 8. Man in his 20s critically injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4845. Queens, NY. March 7. 64-year-old man fatally struck by a Chevy Blazer (1998-2005) which fled the scene.

4846. Newport News, Va. March 7. Man suffers life-threatening injuries when struck by a white pickup truck which fled the scene.

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Yeshua Shafford

And I quote (I)…

Police say Shinnamon was driving a black Dodge when he struck the back of a blue compact car Tuesday night near 38th Street and southbound Interstate 65. Six-month old Yeshua Shafford was in a car seat but was still thrown from the car, police said.

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NASHUA, N.H. —Surveillance video played a key role in the arrest of a Nashua woman accused of hitting and killing a man with her car, according to police documents.

And I quote (III)…

The victim was reportedly walking in the street when he was struck. While nobody who answered their door Friday afternoon said they knew precisely where it happened, police tape remaining at the scene indicated it was halfway up the block, between the Ivy Ridge Shopping Center and Penn Distributors.

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Palmer Township police have charged a man in a Wednesday hit-and-run crash on Route 22 that left two women injured.

Henry Minor Morrisette, 25, of Powhatan, Va., is charged with careless driving, causing an accident involving injuries and damage to another vehicle, and duty to give information and render aid. Morrisette was sent to Northampton County Prison under $10,000 bail.

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UPPER DARBY — A 40-year-old pizza shop employee was charged Friday with the hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian in critical condition.

Juan Rodriquez-Mendoza, of the 200 block of Copley Road, allegedly was driving without a license when he struck the victim in the 7000 block of West Chester Pike around 10 p.m. Thursday. Rodriquez-Mendoza did not stop after striking the man, but left him, unconscious and bleeding, on the roadway, Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said.

“There was blood coming from his head and mouth, and he was not breathing,” Chitwood said Friday afternoon. Several pieces of the striking vehicle were found at the scene, he added.

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Tammi Beers Frias always thought she would have time to fully mend fences with her son.

By the time he was 18 in 2013, he had been out of her home for more than a year, had his GED and had a full-time job as a technician at America’s Tire in Beaverton. Their relationship was good and had improved, but still wasn’t what it used to be, she said.

Beers Frias thought she had time. Until she didn’t.

Her son died as she was getting to know him again.

“You think they’re just kids, and they can get moody and emotional, and one day they’ll come around,” said Beers Frias, 44, of Aloha. “But we won’t get that chance. There’s just a huge gaping hole left in your heart when something like that happens.”

Beers Frias’ son, Harley Rocher, was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Beaverton in January 2013. More than a year later, Beers Frias and police still have no leads on the driver responsible.

An arrest won’t bring her son back, but it will allow police to release his belongings, she said.

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The impact cracked Alexandria Adams’ teeth, caused her head to swell, and injured her back and knee.

Badly bloodied, the 17-year-old needed help, but the driver of the car that hit her in September stopped only briefly before he drove away from the Bluffton intersection.

The cuts and scrapes Adams suffered in the Sept. 25 hit-and-run have healed, but she says she’ll always remember how she felt afterward.

“It made me feel like I was just garbage,” she says. “You don’t feel like you matter in the world.”

Statistics suggest similar accidents are on the rise in some areas of Beaufort County. Overall, there were 28 hit-and-run accidents resulting in injury or death in 2013, up from 20 in 2012 and 15 in 2011, according to reports from the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office, S.C. Highway Patrol, and police departments in Bluffton, Beaufort and Port Royal.

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Questions still surround a March 1 hit-and-run that left a 30-year-old man in critical condition. And as that man, Anthony Jafari, remains unconscious at Memorial Hospital, Jennifer Jafari and her family are offering a $10,000 reward for help finding the culprit.

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Hit-and-run suspect Thomas Letteer Jr. is expected to plead guilty Monday on charges related to the death of a 5-year-old boy in December 2012, according to next week’s Luzerne County Court schedule.

Luzerne County Judge Joseph Sklarosky Jr.’s schedule for next week indicates Letteer is scheduled for a “guilty plea” hearing for 1:30 p.m.

Letteer faces a charge of fleeing the scene of a fatal crash, a crime that carries a mandatory minimum sentence of one year in prison.

Wilkes-Barre police charged Letteer last April on allegations he fatally struck 5-year-old Kevin Miller on North Street in Wilkes-Barre and then fled the scene. Miller was crossing the street with his parents and brothers after leaving a Christmas party on Dec. 21, 2012.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Ambridge, Mass.; Bangor, Maine; Santa Maria, Cal.; Lacey, Wash.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Stockton, Cal.; Dearborn Heights, Mich.

While police were putting the men into a police cruiser, Carl McKnight turned to the cameras and said “I just want to say that I apologize and I am sincerely sorry. God bless.”

4847. Joslin, Ill. March 8. 17-year-old male fatally struck by a full-sized truck or SUV which fled the scene.

4848. Santa Ana, Cal. March 8. Man injured when struck by a small gray car which fled the scene.

4849. Dallas, Texas. March 10. Man in his 30s fatally struck by a white pickup truck which fled the scene.

4850. Harrison, Ark. March 8. Man injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene. Said victim, “The next thing I remember is my face just kabam, hitting hard as it could, then someone going over me and back over me, that’s all I can remember.”

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And I quote (I)…

Detectives impounded a Honda Accord at that was found at Champs Collision and arrested McKnight and Abrams. While police were putting the men into a police cruiser, McKnight turned to the cameras and said “I just want to say that I apologize and I am sincerely sorry. God bless.”

At the time of the hit and run, a couple staying at a nearby hotel said they heard a loud noise and looked over to see a man in midair. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Witnesses added the vehicle involved quickly sped off.

The crash remains under investigation.

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Further developments in the investigation of a hit-and-run involving a 52-year old Norristown resident have police asking for the public’s assistance. The incident occurred on Mar. 4 at approximately 10:50 p.m. in the westbound lane of the 1500 block of West Main Street, in front of the West Gate Arms Apartments.

The striking vehicle may have been a white sedan with passenger side damage.

The victim was treated at the scene by Plymouth Ambulance and then flown to the University of Pennsylvania, where he remains in critical condition with multiple injuries including head trauma.

Witnesses reported seeing a heavy-set Hispanic woman in her mid-thirties running away from the victim yelling “call the police” shortly after the incident. She was wearing dark colored clothes and entered the passenger side of a black, late 80’s or early 90’s model GM sedan (possibly a Pontiac) that was running rough due to mechanical problems. The vehicle then left the scene traveling westbound.

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MONTCLAIR >> Police arrested a Rancho Cucamonga man suspected of leaving the scene after he allegedly struck and killed a woman and sent a 14-year-old girl to the hospital in critical condition following a hit-and-run incident Monday morning.

Nicholas Tortoro, 24, was positively identified as the driver of the vehicle involved in the fatal collision, police said.

And I quote (IV)…

DENVER – Reid Huffman, 19, died while trying to walk across South Federal Boulevard late Saturday night after he was twice hit by passing drivers. The first driver, according to Denver police, stopped, but the second driver did not.

Monday morning, Eliu Jimenez, 18, made his first court appearance inside a Denver courtroom. A judge set his bond at $50,000. Police believe Jimenez was drunk when he hit Huffman near South Federal and West Amherst.

Huffman was a member of Americorps and was currently based out of Denver’s Americorps campus less than a block away from where the hit-and-run occurred.

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A judge today ordered a retired Allegheny County police officer sent to jail after he pleaded guilty to leaving the scene after striking a pedestrian and killing her in McKeesport last year.

Common Pleas Judge Joseph K. Williams III rejected a defense lawyer’s request that Timothy Tatters, 65, of White Oak, remain free on bond pending his scheduled sentencing June 2. “Take him away,” Judge Williams said, visibly upset that Mr. Tatters had not stopped after the crash or turned himself in later. Mr. Tatters was taken from the courtroom in handcuffs.

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COLLINGDALE — An accident reconstruction team was back at the site of Friday night’s hit-and-run crash that killed a 58-year-old borough man.

Members of the South East Region Reconstruction Team were out at the intersection of Clifton Avenue and Spruce Street on Monday morning taking measurements and recreating the crash that killed Timothy McCaughan.

Police officers also were going door to door in the areas from Clifton Avenue to Providence Road in Aldan and Clifton Avenue to MacDade Boulevard looking for witnesses or information.

McCaughan died at the scene of the crash that occurred at about 9:43 p.m. at the intersection of Spruce Street and Clifton Avenue. He was struck by a tan, older-model SUV with square headlights. New surveillance photos show the striking vehicle was missing a hubcap on the front passenger side.

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A man charged with a hit-and-run accident that critically injured a Lafayette College freshman as she walked along Lehigh Drive in Easton with fellow crew club members will face trial in Northampton County Court, a district judge ruled Tuesday.

Authorities say Aubrey Baumbach, 18, has needed multiple surgeries since the Nov. 8 accident to help reduce brain swelling from trauma she suffered in the hit-and-run.

Police allege 49-year-old Wilson Kneebone’s vehicle hit Baumbach as she walked with a group of crew members after practice on the Lehigh River. Police said surveillance footage led them to Kneebone’s Martin Creek home 24 hours later.

And I quote (VIII)…

Good Samaritans help find hit-and-run suspects in three cases

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A tip to police has led to the arrest of a Warren man for a Feb. 20 hit-and-run accident in Center Line that killed a 62-year-old woman.

Anthony Nicholaus Smith, 32, is charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, Center Line Public Safety officials said Tuesday. He faces up to five years in prison if convicted of that charge.

Olimbi Losha of Warren was struck as she walked along eastbound 11 Mile Road, east of Van Dyke, late in the evening.

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A $2,000 reward has been offered in the search for a hit-and-run driver who killed a pedestrian in Collingdale.

The Collingdale Police Department announced the reward on Tuesday morning. The money is for information leading to an arrest and conviction in this case.

The hit-and-run happened around 9:30 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Clifton Avenue and Spruce Street.

Police say 57-year-old Timothy McCaughan, a father of three and grandfather of two, was struck by a vehicle as he walked across Clifton Avenue on his way to visit a friend.

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Police are searching for an SUV that was involved in a hit and run on February 22. The possible suspect vehicle is said to be a light colored 1995 to 2001 Honda CR-V similar to the one pictured above and should have right side damage and a missing right side mirror. Around 5 p.m. on February 22 an SUV traveling west bound on Central Avenue in Davidsonville near the Patuxent River Bridge struck two bicyclists that were also traveling westbound on Central Avenue. The SUV continued west on Central Avenue into PG County. Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact Metro Crime Stoppers Inc. or the Anne Arundel County Police Traffic Safety Section at 410-222-8573 and mention this poster.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Denver, Colo.; Broussard, La.; Sparks, Nev.; Seattle, Wash.; Oakland, Cal.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Kilgore, Texas; West Milford, Pa.; Medford, Oreg.; West Ocean City, Md.; Payson, Utah.

Photo from David Saleh Rauf, Austin Bureau Reporter — San Antonio Express-News/Houston Chronicle

Tragic hit-and-run at the South By Southwest music gathering in Austin, Texas early this morning.

According to the Dallas Morning News …

A man and woman were killed and 23 people were injured after a car plowed through a crowd of pedestrians at the SXSW music conference in downtown Austin early Thursday, police say.

Five victims were critically injured and five were seriously hurt in the incident, which occurred about 12:30 a.m. One patient required CPR, authorities said.

The driver, who is suspected of driving drunk, reportedly tried to run from the scene at Ninth and Red River streets before a police officer subdued him with a stun gun.

Here’s video from the scene via Socrates Villarreal:

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Austin, Texas

4851-76. Austin, Texas. March 12. Two killed and 23 injured when struck by a vehicle at SXSW festival, driver unsuccessfully tried to flee scene.

4877. Pleasanton, Cal. March 11. 45-year-old man injured when struck by a black Toyota Tacoma or “Nissan-type” pickup truck which fled the scene.

4878. Williamstown, NJ. March 11. 17-year-old female injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4879. Hardeeville, SC. March 9. 49-year-old woman injured when foot run over by a black car which fled the scene.

4880. Akron, Ohio. March 12. 11-year-old boy injured when struck by a red pickup truck which fled the scene.

4881. Fresno, Cal. March 11. 9-year-old girl injured when struck by a stolen van which fled the scene.

4882-83. Portland, Oreg. March 12. 71- and 76-year-old women injured when struck by a gray Dodge Caravan which fled the scene.

4884. Vancouver, Wash. March 13. 20-year-old man seriously injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene and was found abandoned sans driver.

4885. League City, Texas. March 13. 45-year-old man fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.

4886. Hazelton, Pa. March 13. Woman injured when struck by a silver SUV which fled the scene.

4887. Kenmore, Wash. March 14. Woman critically injured when struck by a light-colored SUV which briefly stopped then fled the scene, but ultimately got caught.

4888-91. Evansville, Ind. March 14. Four people injured when struck by an older, white minivan which fled the scene.

4892. Macon, Mo. March 14. 20-year-old man critically injured when struck by a blue Ford F-150 which fled the scene.

Related stories:

And I quote (I)…

Bakersfield Police Department received a call from an anonymous person, directing Officers to an apartment complex parking lot in the 1400 block of Oregon Street at about 8:36 p.m. Tuesday.

The caller said a vehicle was parked at that location, with what appeared to be recent damage and was possibly related to the fatal hit and run collision that occurred in the 1100 block of Monterey Street Monday night.

A 1990s white Hyundai sedan was seen fleeing after striking a pedestrian who later died.

And I quote (II)…

Spokane police have impounded a gold SUV they think may have been involved in a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run last month, but its registered owner says she was home at the time of the collision.

Don Foster, 55, died of injuries sustained while he was crossing a busy and pedestrian-unfriendly intersection at Mission Avenue and South Riverton Drive on Feb. 9. According to witnesses, Foster was struck multiple times by at least two vehicles, though police quickly identified a gold SUV as the primary vehicle of interest in the collision.

And I quote (III)…

If what the suit states is true, Fleming’s automobile insurance expired at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 4. Less than 24 hours later, she allegedly struck Ceeanna Pate near Clarissa and Brunner streets.

At 2:34 p.m. the next day, Fleming went online and reinstated her lapsed Infinity Select Insurance Co. policy after stating there were “no incidents” involving her 2008 Dodge Charger while the policy was lapsed.

And I quote (IV)…

A Chicago police officer who was off-duty when he drove away after striking a woman on a bicycle on the West Side last year was sentenced to a year’s court supervision and 30 days community service today, officials said.

And I quote (V)…

Minneapolis Police announced a reward Wednesday for a deadly hit-and-run that occurred in 2008.

According to the Minneapolis Police Department, James Nisser was riding a bicycle on Sept. 11, 2008, on his way to work on Excelsior Boulevard near West 32nd Street when he was hit by an SUV, and the driver took off.

Investigators say Nisser was doing “everything right” at the time of the crash, and they continue to look for the driver of the SUV.

And I quote (VI)…

A 22-year-old man riding a scooter was killed in a hit-and-run Wednesday afternoon, according to the Mesa Police Department.

Sgt. Tony Landato said a pickup truck hit the scooter at University Drive and Alma School Road then fled the scene.

The truck was located and police officers took the 15-year-old driver into custody. Landato said there were other juveniles in the vehicle with him.

And I quote (VII)…

A California lawmaker’s bill would automatically suspend a driver’s license of a motorist involved in a hit-and-run.

The Los Angeles Police Department reports that 20,000 hit-and-run crashes happen annually in L.A. Four thousand of those crashes lead to injury or death.

Assem. Mike Gatto, D. Los Angeles, says the problem with the current law is that penalties are set based on how badly the victim is injured.

And I quote (VIII)…

Des Moines police on Friday released a grainy photograph of the mid-size car that may be connected to the Feb. 14 accident that killed 52-year-old Joan Haggar, who was struck as she crossed the street on foot. The vehicle would have been at the intersection around the time the accident took place.

And I quote (IX)…

Police officers have arrested a 54-year-old woman on suspicion of hitting two elderly pedestrians in Southeast Portland on Wednesday and then speeding away from the scene.

Sgt. Pete Simpson, spokesman for Portland police said Nonie Ann Enyeart will be booked into Multnomah County jail on two counts of failure to perform the duties of a driver and reckless driving.

And I quote (X)…

A Richmond Hill family was mourning its patriarch, who police say was mowed down by a hit-and-run driver while crossing the street in Long Island City last Friday night.

Relatives of 64-year-old Kumar Ragunath expected a wake for loved ones to be held Thursday and Friday with a funeral planned for Saturday morning.

“We are waiting for the funeral to finish,” Ragunath’s daughter, Shanaz Pentayah, said Wednesday before the family’s plans to press for any updates in the case.

A spokesman for the NYPD said Wednesday afternoon that no arrests had been made.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Waimalu, Hawaii; Tampa, Fla.; Kirklin, Ind.; Dixon, Cal.; Spokane, Wash.; Shenango Twp., Pa.; Kirkland, Mo.; Houston, Texas; Omaha, Neb.

KiiiTV.com South Texas, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend

4893-94. Detroit, Mich. March 15. Man and woman fatally struck by a light-colored Grand Am or Grand Prix which fled the scene.

4895. Grand Rapids, Wyo. March 15. 52-year-old cyclist injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4896. Pennsauken, NJ. March 16. Man who stopped after fatally striking pedestrian critically injured when struck by a a 2002-06 Ford or Mercury car, Taurus or Sable, which fled the scene.

4897. Paris, Maine. March 15. 16-year-old male fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4898. Orange, Cal. March 15. Woman in her 60s fatally struck by a white 2000 to 2002 Acura or Toyota four-door sedan which fled the scene.

4899. Redfield, Ark. March 16. 56-year-old cyclist critically injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4900-02. Pittsburgh, Pa. March 16. Three people injured when struck by a U-Haul van which fled the scene.

4903. Sioux Falls, SD. March 15. Man injured when struck by a SUV which fled the scene.

4904. Concord, Cal. March 16. Woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4905-09. Chapel Hill, NC. March 8. Five pedestrians injured when struck by a silver Audi A4; driver of which fled the scene.

4910. New Haven, Ct. March 18. 8-year-old girl injured when struck by a white van which fled the scene.

4911. Hagerstown, Md. March 17. 58-year-old woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4912. Naperville, Ill. March 15. Pedestrian injured when struck by a white four-door sedan which fled the scene.

4913. Dubuque, Iowa. March 16. 64-year-old man injured when struck by a grey or silver four-door sedan which fled the scene.

4914. Jacksonville, Fla. March 18. 51-year-old male cyclist fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4915-16. Las Vegas, Nev. March 18. Two people fatally struck by a pickup truck which fled the scene.

Related stories:

Redfield, Ark.

And I quote (I)…

“He just wanted to go out and unwind,” said Jorge Monroig about his brother Omar.

On March 21, 2012, Omar had celebrated his birthday quietly with his wife and son. Two days later, on a Friday, “He went out with his coworker, just to have a few cocktails and relax,” said his brother. They were heading to Havana Dulce Restaurant on Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen.

Omar Monroig never made it.

The coworker walked across Tonnelle Avenue first, just north of 51st Street at a little before midnight. Omar followed behind.

“He was struck in the northbound left lane,” said Lt. Robert Farley, who worked on the case. “He was thrown 110 feet exactly. The vehicle fled the scene.”

And I quote (II)… [H/T @PetzRawr]

A York man was arrested after his vehicle struck a bicyclist and a van in York, and he left the scene of the crash, according to court documents.

Luis Omar Ojeda-Santiago, 34, of the 200 block of West Hope Avenue, was charged with accidents involving death or personal injury, accidents involving death or injury while not licensed, duty to give information and render aid, and driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked.

Ojeda-Santiago was committed to York County Prison in lieu of $2,500 bail.

And I quote (III)…

Amarillo, TX – The Amarillo Police Department wrapped up a four month investigation of a fatal hit and run.

Last November, police arrested and charged a 15-year-old driver for hitting and killing Amarillo resident Geoffrey Slover on November 10.

Police arrested and charged the passenger who is said to have been with her at the time of the hit and run on Thursday. Police charged 20-year-old Austin West with criminally negligent homicide, tampering with evidence and accident involving injury or death.

Cpl. Jerry Neufeld said West received those charges because he was responsible for the underage and unlicensed driver. “He allowed this female to drive the car. He had control and care of the car. He allowed an unlicensed driver to drive this vehicle, so he allowed her to do this,” said Cpl. Neufeld. “And then he attempted to hide the evidence, hide any of the evidence that she would have been driving the vehicle or the vehicle itself. He definitely was involved in it and we believe we have enough evidence to prove that.”

And I quote (IV)…

Police: Man strikes own brother in Willingboro hit and run

And I quote (V)…

KENT COUNTY, MI – Few things are more frustrating for traffic crash investigators than trying to piece together the details of a serious-injury or fatal collision that remains unsolved.

But when the case is a hit-and-run and the driver responsible is still out there – living life, not facing the consequences while another family can be left grieving – it’s particularly hard to take.

“It’s a sick feeling, honestly, to an investigator,” said Grand Rapids Police Officer Greg Edgcombe, part of the city’s team that works these crimes. “You know someone out there is responsible.”

And I quote (VI)…

A Killington man charged in a fatal hit-and-run crash is back in jail on a charge of violating his conditions of release.

Michael Debellis, 27, pleaded innocent in December to a felony charge of leaving the scene of a fatal crash. He was freed on $25,000 bail and conditions that he not drive or drink alcohol.

Vermont State Police said that shortly before midnight Friday, they conducted a “conditions check” on Debellis and found he had a blood-alcohol level of .036. Police said he was tested again 30 minutes later and found to have a level of .033.

And I quote (VII)…

The seizure of hit-and-run suspect Daniel Loughnane’s pickup truck from outside his Ashley home by Wilkes-Barre police was illegal, a judge ruled Monday.

Luzerne County Judge Michael T. Vough ruled Loughnane’s truck cannot be used in his trial connected to the death of Rebecca McCallick on Hazle Street in Wilkes-Barre on July 24, 2012.

Vough also ruled visual and sound identification of the truck by crash eyewitness, McCallick’s boyfriend John Schecnk, is also not admissible because those identifications came after the truck was illegally seized without a search warrant on Aug. 8, 2012.

And I quote (VIII)…

The New York Police Department charged a 23-year-old motorist Monday with a hit-and-run that resulted in the death of a 5-year-old boy in Brooklyn.

Elizabeth Mayard allegedly backed into Roshard Charles as he was crossing the street with his family in the middle of a Crown Heights block Sunday night, police said. Ms. Mayard left the scene but later returned at the urging of a witness, a law-enforcement official said.

And I quote (IX)…

A 22-year-old Elmira man faces multiple charges, including drunken driving, following a car-pedestrian accident in Elmira Monday night that critically injured a pedestrian.

Police released no information on the victim but witnesses told the Star-Gazette it was a 27-year-old woman.

And I quote (X)…

Santo later admitted he was under the influence of heroin at the time of the collision and police found more of the drug in his possession, along with Xanax pills, cops stated.

And I quote (XI)…

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. (AP) – State police are searching for an unlikely suspect in a western Pennsylvania hit-and-run accident: the driver of an Amish buggy.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Scarborough, Maine; Jackson County, Oreg.; Kirksville, Mo.; San Luis Obispo, Cal.; Trussville, Ala.; Colorado Springs, Colo.; New Buffalo, Mich.; Panama City, Fla.; Fort Worth, Texas; Santa Rosa, Cal.; Frankford, NJ; San Diego, Cal.; East Pennsboro Twp., Pa.; Lincoln, Neb.; Henrico, Va.; Moulton, Ala.

RIP Melany Valdez

4917. Dallas, Texas. March 18. 7-year-old girl fatally struck by a black 2008 Chrysler which fled the scene but was later impounded.

4918. Auburn, NY. March 14. 19-year-old man suffers brain injury when struck by a Chevy Silverado which fled the scene.

4920. Hollywood, Fla. March 19. Man critically injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4921. Abeline, Texas. March 18. Man injured when struck by a pickup truck which fled the scene.

4922. San Francisco, Cal. March 20. Woman in her 60s fatally struck by “a SUV driver who circled back to look at the fallen victim before speeding away.”

4923. El Paso, Texas. March 18. 83-year-old woman injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4924. Raleigh, NC. March 19. 64-year-old woman injured when struck by a small light-colored sedan which fled the scene.

4925. Brooklyn, NY. March 20. 8-year-old boy injured when struck by a green Dodge Caravan which fled the scene.

4926-27. Santa Monica, Cal. March 22. 61-year-old woman killed and her 32-year-old daughter injured when struck by a silver sports coupe with tinted windows which fled the scene.

4928. Denver, Colo. March 22. Pedestrian injured when struck by a silver four-door sedan which fled the scene.

4929. Bedford Co., Va. March 21. Bicyclist suffers life-threatening injuries when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4930. Chicago, Ill. March 22. 33-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

Related stories:

And I quote (I)…

The Howell Police Department continues to search for the person responsible for fatally striking a Spring Lake cyclist last Wednesday afternoon and fleeing the scene.

Around 2 p.m., Charles McHugh, 58, was riding his bicycle on Herbertsville Road near Blewetts Recycling in the township when he was struck from behind by a vehicle traveling south, police said. The car then fled the scene on Herbertsville Road, heading toward Brick or Wall.

The vehicle, described as an older model, black 1990s vintage four door car, is possibly foreign made (Toyota) with lighter silver accents on the fender flares and bottom of the doors and no window tinting, police said.

And I quote (II)…

A retired Cambridge police officer was arrested in connection to a hit-and-run on Massachusetts Avenue in Boston that critically injured a man Wednesday morning, police said.

And I quote (III)…

The driver got out of his car and ran across the athletic field where Brandon Rothstein, a Lynn lacrosse player, detained him.

“I said I’m taking him down. It was like 110 percent. I wasn’t going to drop my things to not tackle this guy,” said Rothstein.

Rothstein is a senior and criminal justice major.

“I’m very territorial of our campus and the dude was just running through campus, causing a scene,” said Rothstein.

And I quote (IV)…

PENNSAUKEN, N.J. – March 17, 2014 (WPVI) — A driver wanted in connection with a hit-and-run in Pennsauken, New Jersey over the weekend has surrendered to police.

Thirty year old Lita Hursey of Maple Shade turned herself into police on Tuesday night.

And I quote (V)…

HUNTINGTON BEACH – The community rallied to raise $1,000 to help cover medical expenses for a 17-year-old seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident last month.

A fundraiser held Sunday at Zack’s in Pier Plaza brought in $882 for Stephen Cureton, who was hospitalized Feb. 10 after being hit by a car at Yorktown Avenue near Beach Boulevard.

Councilman Joe Carchio presented the teen’s mother, Victoria Cureton, with a check for $882 at Monday’s City Council meeting.

Councilman Jim Katapodis pulled cash from his pocket to round out the donation.

“I couldn’t be there, but let’s make it an even $1,000,” Katapodis said as he handed her the money.

Victoria Cureton said her son has at least a year of surgery and recovery ahead of him. The teen suffered multiple cuts to his face and body, a blood clot in his spinal column, a broken scapula, a laceration on his spleen, a fractured knee cap and torn ligaments in both knees.

And I quote (VI)…

PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) – A man in a wheelchair who was hit by a car as he crossed the street in southeast Portland has died, and now the driver could face additional charges.

And I quote (VII)…

WYOMING, MI – Police are seeking the public’s help in finding the motorist whose vehicle struck and seriously injured a bicyclist March 15 on 36th Street.

The bicyclist, Joseph Errol Conigliaro, 52, is in critical condition at a local hospital.
The motorist fled after the 7:22 a.m. crash in the 600-block of 36th Street. Police found the victim unresponsive in the road.

And I quote (VIII)…

NEWPORT NEWS — For Walter Thomas Spain Jr., every day has been June 16, 2013.

It was the day his wife, Marcella Yvette Spain, was hit by a white pickup truck at about 9 p.m. at Warwick Boulevard and Hilltop Drive, near the Cedar Hill apartment complex where they lived. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

“She was taking a walk she’d normally take — a neighborhood walk — when she was struck down,” Walter Spain said. “She was knocked over 140 feet down the road, virtually all her bones were broken. Most people I know treat animals better than that.”

And I quote (IX)…

I-Team: Man charged in fatal hit-and-run of NOPD officer accidentally released in Feb.

And I quote (X)…

DETROIT, MI — His car struck a man and woman about 10:30 p.m. Friday. He sped off as his victims lay dying in the street.

Detroit police arrested 43-year-old Marcus Hutson of Detroit and he now faces two counts of failure to stop at an accident causing death, each five-year felonies.

And I quote (XI)…

PORTLAND – Supporters of an alert system designed to spread the word about hit-and-run crashes hope to bring the system to Oregon.

The Medina Alert is named after Jose Medina, a 21-year-old man who was killed by a driver in Denver who drove away after the crash. The Medina alert is about 2 years old in the Denver area.

Police said it has generated tips and arrests. It works much like an Amber Alert. Vehicle information is sent to highway reader boards, but also to on-board computer screens in taxi cabs, delivery trucks and other vehicles.

Information also can be sent via text and put on appropriate websites.

“Hit-and-runs are one of the most unsolvable crimes in law enforcement and law enforcement needs our help. And if we are truly going to be out brothers’ keeper we are all have to do our part,” said Larry Stevenson, a retired Denver Police Officer who developed the Medina Alert.

Kristi Finney is pushing to get the Medina Alert to the Portland area, which would make it the second major metropolitan area to have it.

Her son Dustin was 28 years old when he was killed by a hit-and-run driver in August of 2011. Dustin was riding his bike when he was hit. The driver was arrested within a few hours, but Finney knows that isn’t usually the case. She hopes the Medina Alert will help catch hit and run drivers, and give victims and their loved ones some help.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … League City, Texas; Shelbyville, Tenn.; Liberty, Ohio; Washington, Oreg.; San Antonio, Texas; Dayton, Ohio; Stamford, Ct.; Fairfield, Cal.; Fort Collins, Colo.; Denver, Colo.; Irwindale, Cal.; Port Arthur, Texas.

Austin, Texas hit-and-run victim Philip Wood

4931. San Clemente, Cal. March 21. Man injured when struck by a bronze Chevy Tahoe or GMC Yukon which fled the scene.

4932. Ft. Walton Beach, Fla. March 23. Man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4933. Mt. Vernon, NY. March 23. Man injured when struck by a dark gray or silver late-model Dodge Challenger with Maryland license plates which fled the scene.

4934. Dallas, Texas. March 22. 55-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4935. Pontiac, Mich. March 20. 40-year-old man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4936. Litchfield, Maine. March 23. 23-year-old woman injured when struck by a Ford vehicle which fled the scene.

4937. Austin, Texas. March 24. Man in his 60s fatally struck by a red pickup truck which fled the scene.

4938. Surprise, Ariz. March 21. Woman on bicycle struck by a tan Nissan Pathfinder which fled the scene.

4939. South Bend, Ind. March 24. 49-year-old man directing traffic away from man who’d been struck by a car fatally struck by an arcadia green 1992 Honda Accord which fled the scene.

4940. San Francisco, Cal. March 24. 25-year-old man critically injured when struck by a maroon four-door vehicle which fled the scene.

Related stories:

And I quote (I)…

FRANKFORD — As the man accused in the fatal hit-and-run crash turned his damaged 1984 Chevrolet Corvette over to police, he uttered that he had hit and killed someone the night before, according to a newly released arrest affidavit.

Thomas K. Zoschak, 60, of Dingmans Ferry, Pa., also allegedly told his attorney Stephen “Skippy” Weinstein the same, the affidavit says.

Zoschak is accused of striking Cary Mattos, 44, and Vivian Hill, 55, both of Branchville, on Saturday, March 15, with his vehicle when the two were walking across Route 206 in front of the American Legion post. Mattos was killed at the scene. Hill suffered leg injuries and was brought to Morristown Medical Center for treatment. She has since been released from the hospital, a hospital spokeswoman said on Monday.

And I quote (II)…

HALF MOON BAY — A driver who hit and killed a 67-year-old man and then fled the scene, has turned himself into San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office, according to police.

At around 5:30 p.m. Friday, Bernabe Cervantes-Alvarado, 23, was traveling northbound on Highway 1 turning westbound onto Filbert Street when he struck the bicyclist, whose name has not been released, who was also crossing Filbert, according to a news release. Cervantes-Alvarado apparently then fled the scene, according to police.

The victim, a Half Moon Bay resident, sustained serious injuries when he was hit by the Honda Cervantes-Alvarado was driving, according to police. The bicyclist was airlifted to the hospital where he later died due to his injuries, police said.

Cervantes-Alvarado turned himself into police later on Friday evening.

And I quote (III)…

A 4-year-old was in stable condition Monday with serious injuries following a hit-and-run accident Sunday night involving a drunken driver who was fleeing police in Napoleonville, authorities said.

Assumption Parish Sheriff’s deputies arrested 28-year-old Larry Wiggins, of 2969 La. 1, Napoleonville, on various charges – including hit-and-run driving and driving while intoxicated – the Sheriff’s Office said. He was in the parish jail Monday awaiting a bond hearing.

And I quote (IV)…

A Jewish emergency medical service is receiving flak for failing to report a hit-and-run to the New York Police Department last week.

The Flatbush Hatzoloh arrived to the Brooklyn scene where a minivan struck an 8-year-old Brooklyn child early Thursday morning and transported the boy to a nearby hospital, but it took hours before police learned of the incident.

A police supervisor who saw the extent of the boy’s injuries in the hospital reportedly informed the NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad, which responds to serious traffic incidents.

A spokesperson from the organization reportedly told Brooklyn Daily that it is not their policy to call the authorities.

Hatzoloh, which literally translates as “rescuers,” is an Orthodox Jewish volunteer organization that provides medical services, primarily ambulance pickups, to Jewish communities across the world.

And I quote (V)…

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) – A Newport News woman said a driver kept eye contact with her as he accelerated his car in an effort to hit her, over the weekend.

Harold Eley with the Newport News Police Department told WAVY.com the 35-year-old victim was jogging in the area of Riverside Drive near Museum Parkway around 9:30 a.m. Saturday when she saw an unknown man slowly drive past her.

WAVY.com spoke to the victim, who did not want to be identified.

“I’m trying not to think about it,” she said. “But, I’m also trying not to forget what he looks like.”

And I quote (VI)…

A Shelbyville man who was found guilty in a 2013 hit-and-run death of a 63-year-old Indianapolis woman was sentenced Friday to two years of home detention.

Greg Hudson was sentenced to five years, with three years suspended. He will serve the two years under home detention.

And I quote (VII)…

PARIS — Two people identified by police as persons of interest in a fatal hit-and-run have been cleared of involvement in the case as investigators continue to chase leads across Western Maine.

And I quote (VIII)…

A Cedar Park man has been charged with failure to stop and render aid in the death of a former University of Texas track athlete killed during a hit-and-run this month, according to officials.

Joseph Cantu, 34, turned himself into police March 10, about a week after the collision that left 22-year-old Philip Wood dead, a spokeswoman for the Austin Police Department said.

A warrant was issued for his arrested on March 6, according to court records.

And I quote (IX)…

LAS CRUCES >> Facing misdemeanor charges related to an early-morning crash on Interstate 25, a longtime Las Cruces police officer has resigned.

Michael Clifton, 30, resigned Friday, Las Cruces Police Department spokesman Dan Trujillo said Monday. Clifton’s resignation came a week after a hit-and-run crash involving his personal pickup truck, according to documents filed in Magistrate Court.

And I quote (X)…

A Park Ridge man is facing felony charges related to a fatal hit-and-run in the Near West Side of Chicago.

Chicago police are charging Timothy McShane with reckless homicide, aggravated DUI resulting in injury or death, failure to report a fatal accident, and two counts of driving on a suspended driver’s license.

And I quote (XI)…

A Portland advocate for hit-and-run victims is calling for a statewide alert system that would send a text message to thousands of professional drivers and members of the public to help nab suspects.

Kristy Finney, whose son Dustin was killed in 2011 by a man driving drunk on Southeast Division Street, is modeling her proposal on a similar system already in use in Colorado for “cases involving serious injury or death — and when a reliable description of the fleeing vehicle is available.”

And I quote (XII)…

Jorge Cordero was walking to a neighborhood market in Southbridge to buy bananas for his wife when he was hit by a car on Main Street.

The car kept going. A witness gave police a partial plate number, saying it had turned onto Coombs Street.

The 81-year-old Cordero was taken to Harrington Memorial Hospital with a severe head injury and then flown to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. The next day, on Sept. 30 of last year, police found a damaged Hyundai Elantra at 83 Coombs St. that matched the description. According to police reports, the owner of the car, Karen Morin, tearfully confessed that she was the driver.

The next day, police got a call from Morin’s sister. She claimed that Karen was covering for the actual driver — her husband, Corey Morin, who had a suspended license and criminal record for drug-related offenses. Police also learned from another relative that Corey had packed a suitcase and was planning to flee, according to reports.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Joliet, Ill.; Hazleton, Pa.; Bedford County, Va.; Powell Twp., Mich.; Oxford, Ala.; San Francisco, Cal.; South Bend, Ind.; Delano, Cal.;

Family of Jeffrey Lee, who died in a Sept. 2013 hit-and-run in Flint, Mich.

4941. Detroit, Mich. March 26. Police sergeant injured when struck by a green van which fled the scene.

4942. Wilmington, NC. March 26. 36-year-old man injured when struck by an 18-wheeler which fled the scene.

4943. Weehawken, NJ. March 22. 24-year-old man injured when struck by a newer model, 4-door, silver or gray Honda or Acura which fled the scene.

4944. San Diego, Cal. March 24. Pedestrian injured when struck by a white Mazda sedan which fled the scene.

4945. Reno, Nev. March 27. 50-year-old woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4946. Kingston, NY. March 27. 4-year-old boy critically injured when struck by a dark-colored vehicle which fled the scene.

4947. Verona, NY. March 26. 20-year-old man slightly injured when struck by a a dark-colored Chevrolet S10 standard cab pickup which fled the scene.

4948-50. Camden, NJ. March 27. Woman and two children injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene. (Updated: Arrest)

4951. Solano County, Cal. March 26. 72-year-old man fatally struck by a light-colored vehicle which fled the scene.

4952. Encinitas, Cal. March 29. 27-year-old woman fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; driver later located and arrested.

4953. College Station, Texas. March 29. 19-year-old woman injured when struck by a newer, possibly 2012 or later, black SUV, possibly a Jeep Liberty or Cherokee, with bluish-colored LED or Halogen headlights which fled the scene.

4954. Bladensburg, Md. March 29. Man fatally struck by a white pickup truck which fled the scene.

4955. Milwaukee, Wisc. March 29. 53-year-old woman injured when struck by a vehicle from which the driver fled the scene.

4956. Chicago, Ill. March 30. 48-year-old woman injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

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Suspect in Fayetteville hit-and-run

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FLINT, MI – A family has been devastated and continues to ask for the public’s help finding the person responsible in the hit-and-run crash that took the life of Jeffrey Lee in Sept. 2013.

Lee’s family met with area news media along with representatives from Crime Stoppers at the Flint Police Department to ask for anyone with information to come forward in the 34-year-old man’s death. Crime Stoppers of Michigan is offering a cash reward of up to $2,500 for information that leads to an arrest.

Brenda Lee Miracle said she relives the night she got the call about her son over and over. The family just wants the person responsible for Jeffrey’s death finally brought to justice.

“When Jeffrey died that night, a part of me died also,” Miracle said as she fought back tears. “I don’t know why someone would hit him and keep going.”

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ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. — Police say a Crime Stoppers tip led them to the suspect in Monday night’s fatal hit and run at 933 and Auten Road in South Bend. The 17-year-old suspect was allowed to turn himself in to Mishawaka Police Tuesday night.

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Police are asking for help from the public in identifying a person of interest in a recent hit-and-run accident in west Fayetteville.

Police responded to an accident late Thursday, March 20 after a 30-year-old woman was struck by a vehicle while riding her scooter along Wedington Drive. Police said the woman was traveling west through the intersection of Wedington and Steamboat Drive when a black car pulled out in front of her causing the collision.

According to a report, a witness told police the vehicle’s female driver and male passenger got out of their car, but then got back in and fled the scene.

The woman was transported to Washington Regional Medical Center where she was treated for a skull fracture and a broken hand.

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LUNENBURG — Police have released an image of the vehicle they believe struck a 26-year-old Fitchburg man who was walking to his job at McDonald’s at the end of February.

The suspect’s vehicle is described as a light-colored, possibly white, 1999 to 2003 Chevrolet or GMC pickup truck with a yellow plow.

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MANCHESTER, N.H. —Former Manchester police officer Stephen Coco entered a revised plea in connection with an accident last March that left two Bedford teens hurt.

Coco was sentenced to one year behind bars Wednesday afternoon.

Coco allegedly drove off after the teens were thrown into a snow bank. He had been indicted on two felony counts.

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A Moulton physician was arrested Tuesday on charges relating to a hit and run accident of a pedestrian on Friday, March 14.

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MAHWAH — A 26-year-old man kicked an officer, urinated in his jail cell, and then attempted to urinate on police after he was arrested on charges that he drunkenly drove into a tree and fled the scene, according to Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli.

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SAN JOSE — Chris Culliver is in trouble again. And this time it involves far more than inappropriate comments.

The 49ers cornerback was arrested Friday on suspicion of hit-and-run driving and other charges after San Jose police said he struck a bicyclist, fled the scene and rammed a witness’ vehicle before being blocked from leaving until officers arrived.

At the time of his arrest, Culliver, who made national headlines at last year’s Super Bowl for anti-gay comments, was found to be in possession of brass knuckles, police said.

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Michael Jerry Maestas, a 41-year-old San Jose resident, was apprehended Wednesday in connection to a felony hit-and-run that seriously injured and hospitalized an 80-year-old Milpitas man last week, Milpitas Police Department reported.

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A fourth person has died as a result of injuries sustained in last month’s South By Southwest hit-and-run incident. Austin Police Department have confirmed DeAndre Tatum is the latest fatality. They’d previously identified the first three victims as Jamie West, 27, Steve Craenmehr, 35, and Sandy Thuy Le, 26.

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The trial for hit-and-run suspect Daniel Loughnane, which was supposed to begin Monday, has been postponed due to a pending appeal.

Prosecutors say they plan to appeal a judge’s ruling that limits the evidence allowed in trial, particularly the alleged hit-and-run truck.

Luzerne County Judge Michael Vough recently ruled Loughnane’s truck is not admissible at trial because Wilkes-Barre police seized it without a search warrant.

Loughane is facing hit-and-run charges connected to the death of Rebecca McCallick on Hazle Street in Wilkes-Barre on July 24, 2012.

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Henrico leaders say Gunn was working with a crew working on a ditch Derbyshire Rd. and Gunby Dr. His job was to signal traffic to stop and go. That’s when the 82-year-old allegedly struck him.

“He was very visible. His boss said he had the green vest on, construction hat and very visible with an orange flag,” Knowles said.

She says other crew members tried to flag down 82-year-old Billye Catherine Leonard to get her to stop. They say, when she didn’t, they wrote down the license plate number and handed it to police.

“When she hit him, the police officer said it threw Drew 35 feet,” Knowles said.

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An owner of a Lexington food truck is getting help from some fellow vendors to help pay her medical expenses from a hit-and-run accident.

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New evidence has been uncovered in an ongoing investigation after a driver allegedly struck and killed a jogger on Main Road in Laurel and then left the scene, according to Suffolk County police.

Jennifer Callaghan said Thursday that paint was found on her husband Jim Callaghan’s clothing that did not match the paint on the two cars that did stop after the accident. The paint, she said, is metallic blue, and indicates that there was a third driver who struck her husband and fled the scene.

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ORLANDO, Fla. — A motorcycle rider was arrested after Orlando police said he hit and killed woman, and then drove off.

Police said Stephen Penland was riding his motorcycle down South Kirkman Road with two friends when he hit a woman who was crossing the street.

Witnesses told police Penland left the scene, and then tried to get his friend to help him pick up his motorcycle.

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A pedestrian was seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver – who later had a change of heart – in Point Loma Friday night.

According to San Diego Police, the 49-year-old pedestrian crossed Rosecrans Ave. near Hugo St. around 8:40 p.m. when he was hit by a 1997 Lexus driven by a 30-year-old man.

The driver fled the scene, leaving the pedestrian with two open fractures on his leg.

However, police said the hit-and-run driver eventually returned to the scene.

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MAHANOY TWP., Pa. – A 37-year-old Shenandoah woman struck a pedestrian in a hit-and-run moments before being involved in a fatal wreck that claimed the life of a 62-year-old man in Schuylkill County, according to state police. The two incidents happened around 12:30 a.m Saturday. on Route 54 in Mahaony Township. Police said a vehicle driven by 37-year-old Shirl Mumie of Shenandoah ran into a 41-year-old male pedestrian, causing minor injuries.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … San Francisco, Cal.; Oxford, Ala.; Garner, NC; Mahwah, NJ; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Louisville, Ky.; Springfield, Mo.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Onalaska, Wisc.; Austin, Texas; Laurel, Md.

4957. Tulsa, Okla. March 30. Man fatally struck by a red 2011 GMC pickup truck which fled the scene; driver later arrested.

4958. Kissimee, Fla. March 30. 65-year-old man fatally struck by a 2003 Kia Spectra which fled the scene.

4959. Scranton, Pa. March 30. 21-year-old woman reporting another hit-and-run injured when struck by a blue sedan which fled the scene. (H/T Lisa DePaulo)

4960. San Francisco, Cal. March 30. Man in his 20s critically injured when struck by a white Volkswagen Passat which fled the scene.

4961. Madison, Wisc. March 30. 7-year-old boy injured struck by a white Nissan which fled the scene.

4962. Narragansett, RI. March 29. Pedestrian injured when struck by a four-door vehicle which fled the scene.

4963. Danbury, Ct. March 30. 18-year-old man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

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MEMPHIS, TN – (WMC-TV) – Memphis police have found the two people involved in a deadly late night hit and run. Authorities say Curtis Echols was left for dead in the street while the suspects were able to get away.

On Sunday, his family is hoping for justice in this unsolved mystery.

Eric Bowden says he looked at 59-year-old Curtis Echols, “Woody” as he was affectionately known, like a father.

“It’s hard to talk about cause it brings tears to your eyes to see all of this just think about the suffering part,” said Bowden.

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THE VILLAGE, Okla. —The Village Police Department is investigating a hit-and-run accident that led to multiple gunshots being fired.

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Unsolved crimes: Police seek information about hit and run that injured woman using a wheelchair

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According to that arrest warrant, Spencer threw a woman across her bedroom, snatched her cell phone and threatened to break her neck. When she left to go to a friend’s home, he followed her with a large kitchen knife and then “threatened to kill her and slice up her pets,” the warrant said.

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Cave Junction, Ore.– For the second time this year the community rallied to remember Jarred Houston and Robert Calvin. Police said in October 2013 the two men had gotten into a fight along the highway when a driver hit them and fled the scene.

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DENVER – Police impounded a car used to purposefully hit a man twice outside a 7-Eleven in Denver, but officers are still looking for the suspect.

The victim, Alejandro Lopez, 29, told 7NEWS that he went to the 7-Eleven at East 11th Avenue and Yosemite Street with his two kids and a friend to get some snacks on January 3.

He said his son swung a bag of chips which accidentally hit his sister in the face.

“The woman behind us said if he were her son, she would spank him,” Lopez said. “My friend told her to mind her own business.”

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Police have charged a 34-year-old man with driving under the influence and fleeing the scene after the car he was driving struck a 50-year-old woman in the Norwood Park East neighborhood Saturday.

Ciprian Tanase, of the 5200 block of West Foster Avenue, was charged with one felony count of failure to report an accident causing injury, one felony count of aggravated DUI in the case of an accident causing bodily harm and one felony county of DUI with a revoked license. Tanase was also charged with one misdemeanor count of failure to give information or render aid after a crash causing injury, one misdemeanor count of operating a vehicle without insurance, and one municipal count of negligent driving.

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“He needed the assistance of a cane, so as he walked across, he was walking pretty slow. There were other cars that yielded for him, however my hit-and-run vehicle did not break for him at all,” Det. Felix Padilla said.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Fremont, Cal.; Fairmont, WV; Corpus Christi, Texas; Howell Twp., NJ; Mechanicsburg, Pa.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Reading, Pa.; Liberal, Kans.; Madison, Fla.; Centerville, Ohio; Avon, Ind.; Denver, Colo.; Smiths Station, Ala.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Brazos County, Texas; Ionia, Mich.;

Lance Knudsen’s mother, Mischelle DeCora, left, and sister, Stormy Knudsen

4964. Sterling, Ill. April 2. Man critically injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4965. Cleveland, Ohio. April 1. 18-year-old woman injured after being struck by a vehicle which fled the scene but was located shortly thereafter.

4966. Greenville, SC. April 2. Man critically injured when struck and dragged by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

4967. East Hempstead Twp., Pa. April 1. 17-year-old man on bicycle injured when struck by a tractor trailer which fled the scene.

4968-69. Bloomington, Ind. April 1. Two men on a scooter injured when struck by a maroon vehicle which fled the scene.

4970. Washington, DC. March 29. Pedestrian critically injured when struck by a stolen 1998 white Ford Windstar cargo van which fled the scene.

4971. Boston, Mass. April 3. Bicyclist fatally struck by a sanitation truck which fled the scene.

4972. Hanford, Cal. April 3. Baby in stroller struck by a which vehicle fled the scene but was followed and arrested.

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“Emilio was my son. He was my boy,” said Perez. “Just the day before, on March 7th, he celebrated his 17th birthday. He had his whole life ahead of him. Emilio loved life, loved his friends, loved his community, loved his high school, his teammates, and his family.”

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LOGAN – Police tased a 24-year-old Logan man Wednesday afternoon near the Cache County Clerk’s Office. The man is believed to have been involved in a hit-and-run accident.

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Hit And Run Suspect In Critical Condition Following Foot Pursuit

Terrance Gunnells

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Gunnells is the head coach for one of the Colorado Rapids Youth Soccer Club teams. He’s a modest guy, but he received the prodigious coach of the year award for the entire state in 2013.

On March 14, he was leaving the soccer field in Denver and riding his bike home. He got to East Alameda Avenue and South Quebec Street and doesn’t remember anything more except for waking up in a hospital bed.

Denver Police say Gunnells was hit by a driver who didn’t stop. Among his injuries were fractured ribs, a concussion, scratches and a punctured organ. He spent a week in the hospital and will recover the rest of the time at home.

Gunnells says he never expected to be hit by a car because he is always cautious, but still considers himself lucky to be alive. He also says what happened to him will help him be an even better example to the kids he coaches. He can show, through his actions, that regardless of what challenges life brings, it’s important to work hard to get back up and to persevere.

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White owns the Salted Lime restaurant in downtown Stuart. The Facebook page’s administrator said she used to be the manager at the restaurant but quit in disgust the day of Harvey’s funeral because White was unremorseful and kept drinking and driving.

“That night (of the funeral), he (White) contacted me and said put some beers on ice for me, I’m going to come up there and have some cocktails … and I totally flipped out on that,” said the former manager who gave her name only as Chris out of fear of retribution. “It’s so inappropriate. The boy is being buried.”

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MINT HILL, N.C. — More than a year after a driver hit and killed a pedestrian in Mint Hill, the victim’s father is making a final plea to find a suspect.

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SIOUX CITY | Family members of a Sioux City man killed in a hit-and-run accident in 2012 say a long-awaited arrest in the case hasn’t lessened their grief.

Victoria Ernst-Moreno, 43, of Le Mars, Iowa, is accused in court documents of hitting Lance Knudsen, 22, with her black sport-utility vehicle on Sept. 22, 2012, in Sioux City. Ernst-Moreno turned herself in to authorities at the Woodbury County Jail on Tuesday and was charged with felony vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal crash.

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RALEIGH — A well-timed checkpoint helped Raleigh police identify a suspect Thursday in a hit-and-run collision that killed a 64-year-old woman last month, according to police. The Raleigh Police Department has charged Ghassan Alsabbagh, 55, with felony hit-and-run, according to a department release.

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MOBILE, Alabama– A North Carolina woman was sentenced to eight years in prison on Tuesday in the 2012 hit-and-run of Pfc. Richard Bradley Powell of Mobile.

Sarah Ashley Rogers, 22, blew a .25 on an alcohol test according to the Fayetteville Observer. While driving under the influence near Fort Bragg, Rogers struck Powell as he crossed the road in his reflective physical training gear traveling approximately 75 mph.

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KINGSTON >> The 4-year-old boy who was critically injured in a late-night hit-and-run accident last week is home from the hospital, a Kingston police official said Thursday.

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“Basically, his brain went one way in his skull and back the other, and everything shifted a bit, and there was bleeding throughout all those areas,” said Jensen’s brother Sidney Barnes.

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Police Release Photos of Stolen Van Involved in D.C. Hit-and-Run; Driver Still at Large

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A man faces murder charges after allegedly stealing a truck and crashing into a vehicle with a pregnant woman inside on Thursday. Police say the woman’s unborn child has died.

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FAIRFIELD — A judge declared a mistrial Thursday in retired Vallejo police captain Tony Pearsall’s bizarre driving-under-the-influence and hit-and-run case, involving the widely prescribed sleep medication Ambien.

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Twenty-one-year-old Melissa Laribee, who lost both legs after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Norwich in October 2012, told a Superior Court judge Friday that the crash destroyed her dreams.

Laribee rolled up to the court bench in a wheelchair to address Judge Kevin P. McMahon as Amalia Rivera, 37, who had pleaded guilty to evading responsibility, a felony, was sentenced to one year in prison.

“I was an independent 20-year-old woman who had my own apartment and future plans to become a police officer,” she said. “My dreams were destroyed that night when I became a double, above-the-knee amputee.”

Rivera was driving home from Foxwoods Resort Casino when she swerved off the right side of Hamilton Avenue and struck Laribee and her then-boyfriend, Joseph Patch, as they were retrieving items from a parked car, according to police. Patch suffered a collapsed lung.

Though Rivera admitted she had been drinking while gambling at Foxwoods, police did not arrest her for more than three hours after the incident and did not charge her with driving under the influence.

Rivera, who came to court with family members and wore a gray sweatsuit in anticipation of her imprisonment, stood with her attorney, Theodore Kowar, and declined to make a statement.

At Laribee’s request, the two women had met in prosecutor Thomas DeLillo’s office while the court case was pending.

“I wanted to have a sit-down meeting with her,” Laribee said. “I wanted to see her on my own. She was crying and said she has to live with this every day. I said, ‘How do you think I feel?’”

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car in … Tomah, Wisc.; Oklahoma City, Okla.; Forsyth, Ga.; Rockwall, Texas; West Ocean City, Md.; Tahlequah, Okla.; Macon, Mo.; Westminster, Cal.; Corpus Christi, Texas; Easthampton, Mass.; Waco, Texas; West Ashley, SC.

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Hit-and-Run At SXSW: ‘Everywhere You Look, Someone’s Been Hit’

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