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Hit-and-Run America, Vol. DLXXXIX

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An ongoing collection of unsolved hit-and-run cases, with a focus on car/pedestrian incidents, from across the country since Jan. ‘010. If you know something about any of these incidents, or one that I’ve missed, do the right thing and call the police, even anonymously.

6236. Hamilton, NJ. Feb. 1. 63-year-old man injured when struck by a silver SUV which fled the scene.

6237. Sacramento, Cal. Feb. 1. Man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6238. Apple Valley, Cal. Feb. 2. Woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6239. Anne Arundel Co., Md. Feb. 1. 37-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6240. Claymont, Del. Feb. 2. 43-year-old woman injured when struck by a silver four-door sedan which fled the scene.

6241. Scranton, Pa. Feb. 4. 32-year-old woman injured when struck by a four-door Hyundai Sonata, either white or light-colored and made between 2010 and 2013, which fled the scene.

6242. San Antonio, Texas. Feb. 4. Woman on crutches injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

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Former pro cyclist Lance Armstrong was issued two traffic citations in January for allegedly hitting two parked vehicles in Aspen’s West End and leaving the scene — with his girlfriend apparently telling police initially that she had been behind the wheel in order to avoid national headlines. (H/T Dan F.)

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Richard Mikulec, 86, was crossing the street at Shermer Road just north of Harlem Avenue at about 7 p.m. on the Monday night when he was struck by a vehicle police are now describing as a GM model van or box-style truck.

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A convicted murderer was sentenced to state prison Monday for his role in a 2013 hit-and-run accident.

Judge Jeffery L. Finley found Ernest Priovolos, of Warrington, guilty and sentenced him to spend the next five to 12 months in prison on charges of causing an accident to an attended vehicle and six related traffic offenses stemming from an incident that occurred about 9 p.m. on Dec. 27, 2013, near the intersection of Bristol Road and Cooper Lane in Warrington.

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“I’m devastated that that happened to him,” Tammy Robinson said. “A person hit him and just kept driving and wouldn’t stop.”

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Police: West Palm hit-and-run driver admitted he was ‘a little drunk’

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Seekonk police said Thursday that they’re looking for a dark-colored General Motors sedan that struck and killed assistant town clerk Karen McHugh.

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The family of hit-and-run victim Skylar Marion urged lawmakers Wednesday to help police track down vehicles involved in such accidents and increase penalties for those who flee the scene.

“We can make a change here today. We can hold people accountable for their actions,” Dawn Caley, Skylar’s aunt, told the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee. “We may not be able to stop people from making bad decisions, but we can make it harder for them to get away with it.”

Caley and the Marion family were testifying in support of two pieces of legislation by state Sen. Bryan Simonaire, R-Pasadena.

Senate Bill 84 would increase the penalty for leaving the scene of a fatal incident from 10 to 15 years imprisonment.

Senate Bill 86 would establish a Yellow Alert program allowing law enforcement to quickly release vehicle information after fatal hit-and-runs.

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The Orange County district attorney’s office filed charges Wednesday against a 20-year-old Emerald Bay resident accused in a fatal hit-and-run involving a cyclist last year, Laguna Beach police said.

Dylan Randluby is charged with felony hit-and-run and misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in the collision on North Coast Highway that killed Laguna Beach resident John Colvin, 55.

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New developments in the case against Maryland Bishop Heather Cook. Wednesday, a Baltimore grand jury indicted Cook following the hit and run accident that killed cyclist Tom Palermo. Police say her blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit and she was texting and driving.

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SCRANTON — For the first time a new state law named for a boy killed in a hit and run is being used to increase the potential jail time for a man from Lackawanna County.

Police say the suspect, David Turano of Carbondale, attempted to flee the scene of a crash that killed a boy and badly injured the boy’s father.

Turano was brought into the Lackawanna County District Attorney’s Office where he was charged with homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence and involuntary manslaughter for a deadly Labor Day weekend crash. (H/T Mary G.)

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“Stop whining,” a Maryland 911 operator told a traumatized teen as she was trying to help her family after a deadly hit and run.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car inTopsham, Maine; Cape Coral, Fla.; Los Angeles, Cal.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Coachella, Cal.; Boise, Idaho; Anchorage, Alaska; Bowling Green, Ky.; North Las Vegas, Nev.; Phoenix, Az.; Davenport, Ill.; Brownsville, Texas; Oklahoma City, Okla.; Albuquerque, NM; Grand Rapids, Mich.

More hit-and-run stories, including every volume of Hit-and-Run America (in reverse order), are accessible from this linked page. (The full Volume-by-Volume list will appear sporadically from now on.)


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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.

6243. Bridgeport, Ct. Feb. 6. Man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6244. Omaha, Neb. Feb. 6. 54-year-old man on bicycle fatally struck by a pickup truck which fled the scene.

6245. Hilo, Hawaii. Feb. 5. 38-year-old man critically injured when struck by a gray or silver Mazda Tribute which fled the scene.

6246. Detroit, Mich. Feb. 5. Man injured when struck by what is believed to be a U.S. Mail truck which fled the scene.

6247. Orlando, Fla. Feb. 6. Elementary-school student injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6248. Chicago, Ill. Feb. 4. 60-year-old man fatally struck by a dark SUV which fled the scene.

6249. Hartford, Mich. Feb. 7. Pedestrian fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6250. North Lauderdale, Fla. Feb. 7. 41-year-old man fatally struck by a black BMW X3 SUV which fled the scene.

6251. Hammond, Ind. Feb. 7. Man fatally struck by a pickup truck which fled the scene.

6252. Bay Point, Cal. Feb. 7. 25-year-old woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6253. Galloway Twp., NJ. Feb. 7. 31-year-old man injured when struck by a platinum (pearl) white 2008 to 2010 Ford Fusion or Mercury Milan which fled the scene.

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OCOEE, Fla. —A 10-year-old girl injured in an alleged hit-and-run crash in Ocoee has died, police said Friday.

Aubrey Clark died Thursday night at the hospital after suffering a severe brain injury in the crash on Jan. 20.

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GRAND RAPIDS – The man accused of seriously hurting a young sledder in a hit-and-run accident has been arraigned.

Walker resident Kevin Daniel Witte, 23, is charged with failure to stop at the scene of a serious personal-injury accident. He was formally charged Thursday.

Police say Witte was behind the wheel of a car that hit a four-year-old boy who slid into Richmond Street the evening of January 24. The car left the scene after the crash.

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A motorist charged with fleeing after she fatally struck the son of a federal judge as he walked home from a Christmas party pleaded no contest Friday to felony hit-and-run.

Marguerite Vuong, a 28-year postal employee, was driving to her 3 a.m. shift as a sorter when she struck 23-year-old David Pregerson, police said.

Pregerson, a budding film director, was the son of Dean D. Pregerson, a judge in the U.S. Central District and grandson of Harry Pregerson, who sits on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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MIAMI (WSVN) — An Army reservist who was the victim of a hit-and-run last month was named a hero by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Friday morning.

The Miami-Dade Fire crew who initially responded to 22-year-old Richard Parson’s accident last month paid him a visit at Jackson Memorial Hospital where he continues to recover.

The hospital told Parsons, an aspiring firefighter, that he was being escorted to his first day of rehab. He was instead escorted into a room full of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials who surprised him.

It was there that Parsons was named an honorary firefighter and was awarded with patches and a certificate. “I am the President of the Fire Officers Association of Miami-Dade, and on behalf of all the fire chiefs, we’d like to first thank you for your service, and we make you an honorary firefighter.”

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Over the past eight days, three people died and another was injured in three hit-and-run accidents in the Baltimore region. Police are still seeking the drivers in all three incidents.

On Wednesday, Bishop Heather Elizabeth Cook was indicted on charges of automobile manslaughter, driving under the influence, texting while driving, and leaving the scene of the accident that killed bicyclist Thomas Palermo just days after Christmas.

What leads someone to flee an accident where another person might have suffered harm?

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MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) — The pickup truck that allegedly struck a man on Apple Avenue — the first of two vehicles to hit him — is owned by a Muskegon-area man with a record of impaired driving, state records show.

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A 38-year-old man and his fiance were changing a flat tire over the weekend when they were struck by a vehicle on a Maryland highway. The man’s 13-year-old daughter was sitting in the backseat with her little brother. She saw her father — who later died — run down. She watched the other car speed away. Then, frantically, she dialed 911.

That’s when a dispatcher told her to “stop whining.”

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DEER PARK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A 57-year-old woman has been arrested and charged in a fatal hit-and-run of a pedestrian in Deer Park, Long Island, police said.

Irene Caldarero, 57, of Deer Park, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. She struck a woman crossing Deer Park Avenue at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday, police said. Caldarero stopped briefly, but drove off before police arrived, authorities said. The victim has not been identified.

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Former California Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, a community activist, a cab driver and a police officer were among the victims of a hit-and-run Mercedes driver over the weekend, causing a mess of mangled cars in the middle of the Mission District.

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A crash Friday afternoon on Lancaster Drive turned into a bizarre confrontation between police and a man who left behind a large butcher knife in the car he had just crashed and took off his clothes as he ran from the scene, the Marion County Sheriff’s Officer reported Saturday night.

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Hit-and-run tragedies — 29 years apart — shatter families

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“He said, ‘I’ll ride my skateboard, I’ll be right back, I promise,’” said Kelly Wilkinson, the victim’s grandmother.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car inTrenton, NJ; Bakersfield, Cal.; Albuquerque, NM; Philadelphia, Pa.; Milpitas, Cal.; Hamilton, NJ; Jacksonville, Fla.; Boynton Beach, Fla.; Mason City, Iowa; Scranton, Pa.; Denver, Colo.; Mt. Pleasant, Mich.; Savannah, Ga.

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More hit-and-run stories, including every volume of Hit-and-Run America (in reverse order), are accessible from this linked page. (The full Volume-by-Volume list will appear sporadically from now on.)

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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.

6254. Tulsa, Okla. Feb. 6. 57-year-old man injured when struck by a gold or tan vehicle which fled the scene.

6255. Bothell, Wash. Feb. 9. Young girl injured when struck by an olive-green Subaru Outback, likely a 2001-to-2005 model, which fled the scene.

6256. Coweta Co., Ga. Feb. 9. 13-year-old boy fatally struck by a Ford F-150 which fled the scene.

6257. McHenry, Ill. Feb. 10. 54-year-old man injured when struck by a white van which fled the scene.

6258. Las Vegas, Nev. Feb. 9. 50-year-old man on bicycle critically injured when struck by a 1996 Honda Civic which fled the scene.

6259. Springfield, Oreg. Feb. 9. Pedestrian injured when struck by a 2010 Toyota Camry, black or gray in color, which fled the scene.

6260. Mohegan Lake, NY. Feb. 10. 26-year-old man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6261. Denver, Colo. Feb. 11. Man in wheelchair injured when struck by a Chevy Tahoe which fled the scene.

6262. Savannah, Ga. Feb. 11. Bicyclist injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene and later found on fire.

6263. South Euclid, Ohio. Feb. 11. 17-year-old female injured when struck by a Ford F-series pickup truck which fled the scene.

6264. Nashua, NH. Feb. 11. Woman injured when struck by a delivery truck which fled the scene.

6265. Miami, Fla. Feb. 11. Woman in her 50s injured when struck by a silver car which fled the scene.

6266. SW Miami Dade, Fla. Feb. 12. Pedestrian fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6267. Matthews, NC. Feb. 11. Man injured when struck by a 2003-07 Saab model 93 or 95 which fled the scene.

6268. Riverside, Cal. Feb. 7. Bicyclist critically injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6269. Orange City, Fla. Feb. 13. 12-year-old girl injured when struck by an older-model blue or grey sedan which fled the scene.

6270. Woodbridge, NJ. Feb. 10. 41-year-old man fatally struck by a GMC Sierra which fled the scene.

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Friends and family of Justin Flowers gathered at his high school Tuesday morning to remember the 15-year-old who was killed in a hit-and-run crash exactly one year ago.

A memorial garden for Justin Flowers was dedicated at J.P. Taravella High School in Coral Springs. Flowers was a freshman with dreams of one day becoming a dancer. One of his teachers had his chair engraved with his name and “Class of 2017.” That chair stood in the garden with a single rose, a very stark reminder of Flowers’ absence.

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A Hazleton woman locked up Saturday on hit-and-run charges has a history of getting pulled over, and she also completed a state rehabilitation program following a 2011 drunken driving offense.

Scranton police say 25-year-old Tiffany Marie Timko struck Betty Sawkulich, 32, Wednesday, three days before her arrest, while driving on South Main Avenue.

Sawkulich, mother to seven minor children, remained in critical condition Sunday night, according to a Geisinger Community Medical Center spokeswoman.

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“She was just beautiful, full of life, always giving trying to help somebody?,” he said.

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The alert system will post information from the LAPD on Facebook, Twitter and Nixle, a website where government agencies share information with other agencies and constituents who subscribe to updates.

The information also will go out to DASH bus drivers and the city’s 2,300 licensed taxi drivers on their dispatch systems, a Transportation Department spokesman said, with the possibility of expansion to other city drivers, such as Department of Water and Power and Bureau of Sanitation workers.

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“I seen him get ran over and then the person took off down the street,” Robinson said. “Just took off. Just kept going.”

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“It’s a pain I can’t describe, everyday every moment,” said Shallow.

And I quote (VII)…

A cyclist who was the victim of a Feb. 2 hit-and-run in Decatur knows the man who allegedly hit him.

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CORPUS CHRISTI (Kiii News) – Wednesday, Feb. 11, marks three years since a hit and run driver claimed the life of a 24-year old girl. Police, along with the victim’s mother, are asking the public to help them put the driver behind bars.

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JACKSON, MI – A man charged in relation to a 2013 hit-and-run crash which injured then 27-year-old Steven Tinney was sentenced to six months in jail earlier this month.

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OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) – An online fund has been started for a bicyclist who was left with severe injuries after a hit-and-run last week.

The family of 54-year-old Phillip Ennis started a GoFundMe page to help pay for medical bills.

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“The car sped up, I moved in time, Larry didn’t and he got hit straight on,” said Jaramillo.

And I quote (XII)…

In just the past two months, five pedestrians and one bicyclist have been struck and killed in eight hit-and-run traffic crashes across the Commonwealth. Due to this alarming increase in fatal crashes, troopers with the Virginia State Police are taking extra steps to remind motorists of the law

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MILPITAS, Calif. — Police are searching for a Milpitas man in connection with a hit-and-run collision with a garbage truck that killed a 14-year-old girl last week.

Alex Alcazar, 23, has been identified as the registered owner of a silver, two-door 1992 Cadillac El Dorado involved in the Feb. 4 collision with a garbage truck at North Milpitas Boulevard and Jacklin Road, police said.

The driver of the Cadillac drove away from the scene, but police officers followed a trail of debris for about a quarter of a mile and located the car stopped at a curb in the 800 block of Coyote Street, police said.

There they found 14-year-old Cynthia Ramirez Becerra, a San Jose resident, down on the ground beside the Cadillac with severe visible injuries.

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A 32-year-old woman struck by a car in West Scranton eight days ago has died.

Betty Sawkulich died at 12:53 p.m. at Geisinger Medical Center from injuries she suffered in a Feb. 4 hit and run, Lackawanna County Coroner Timothy Rowland said.

Police have charged Tiffany Marie Timko of Hazleton with aggravated assault by vehicle and related counts, alleging Ms. Timko struck Ms. Sawkulich in the 700 block of South Main Avenue Feb. 4 and then drove away.

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“In a situation like this you have the choice of being full of hate and bitterness, or you can try and look at it as a human. I know everybody makes mistakes, what I don’t understand is not owning up to them.”

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A Richardson man believed to be responsible for a hit-and-run crash that killed a one-year-old last month is finally in custody, Dallas police say.

Scott Michael Flynn, 42, was extradited from East Texas this week and charged with manslaughter and failure to stop and render aid.

He is accused of running a red light the night of Jan. 11, plowing his Dodge pick-up truck into a Toyota Camry, and fleeing on foot.

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Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) — A valley family is demanding harsher punishments for hit-and-run drivers after their grandfather was struck and killed while he was pushing his grand-baby in her stroller.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car inDeer Park, NY; Denver, Colo.; Pleasant, Wisc.; Phoenix, Az.; Santa Cruz, Cal.; Fort Lee, NJ; Hendersonville, NC; San Angelo, Texas; Jacksonville, Fla.; Norfolk, Neb.; Raleigh, NC; Christianburg, Va.; Twin Falls, Idaho; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Borger, Texas; Ft. Wayne, Ind.; Hamilton, NJ; Minot, ND; Upper Gwynned, Pa.; Medford, Mass.; Daytona Beach, Fla.; San Antonio, Texas; Daly City, Cal.

More hit-and-run stories, including every volume of Hit-and-Run America (in reverse order), are accessible from this linked page. (The full Volume-by-Volume list will appear sporadically from now on.)

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An ongoing collection of unsolved hit-and-run cases, with a focus on car/pedestrian incidents, from across the country since Jan. ‘010. If you know something about any of these incidents, or one that I’ve missed, do the right thing and call the police, even anonymously.

6271. New Braunfels, Texas. Feb. 13. 65-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6272. Cincinnati, Ohio. Feb. 14. 16-year-old male injured when struck by a silver SUV which fled the scene.

6273. Turlock, Texas. Feb. 13. Young child badly injured when struck by a 2000 gray Ford Focus, or a gray four-door sedan Honda which fled the scene.

6274. Manorville, NY. Feb. 14. 52-year-old man badly injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6275. Tilton, NH. Feb. 15. 19-year-old man badly injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6276. La Crosse, Wisc. Feb. 15. Pedestrian injured when struck by a dark-colored two-door vehicle which fled the scene.

6277. Miami, Fla. Feb. 16. Man in his 40s on bicycle fatally struck by a 2010-2015 dark metallic gray Dodge Ram pickup truck which fled the scene.

6278. Rockland, Maine. Feb. 16. 19-year-old woman injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6279. McAllen, Texas. Feb. 17. Man critically injured when struck by a white Chevrolet pickup truck with an extended cab which fled the scene.

6280. Beaumont, Texas. Feb. 16. 32-year-old man badly injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6281. Long Beach, Cal. Feb. 13. 55-year-old man in wheelchair fatally struck by a green sedan which fled the scene.

6282. Toledo, Ohio. Feb. 15. 34-year-old man fatally struck by a gray Chevy car which fled the scene.

6283. Los Banos, Cal. Feb. 16. 56-year-old man injured when struck by an older model black vehicle (possible Mustang or which fled the scene.

6284. Amarillo, Texas. Feb. 17. 17-year-old male injured when struck by a Ford Expedition which fled the scene.

6285. Middle River, Md. Feb. 17. Pedestrian injured when struck by a maroon car which fled the scene.

6286. Munhall, Pa. Feb. 17. 20-year-old man injured when struck by a gold 2000-2002 Pontiac Grand Am which fled the scene.

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A Candlelight Vigil was held for Joe Moss Friday evening at the First Baptist Church of Greenbrier. Joe was killed in a hit and run driver in Springfield and Police are still looking for suspects. The message tonight, please don’t forget Joe.

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Waushara County police say the man who hit and killed a bicyclist early Saturday morning has turned himself in after initially driving away from the scene.

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Terry L. Clayton, 57, of Davenport, Iowa, was walking in the eastbound lane of the highway about 6:33 p.m. when he was hit. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Clayton’s remained unidentified for more than a week.

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Michael Adkins leaves behind 9-year-old Joshua, 8-year-old Kayla and 5-year-old Mikey.

“It hurts more because he has 3 kids and we have no explanation,” Adkins’ brother Damon Thomas said.

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For now, he knows his dad is gone and won’t come back, but other than telling him there was an accident, the family has tried to shelter his young mind as best they can.

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Landry told police he thought he hit a deer with his truck when he was driving on Welcome Sargent Road.

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Every time we get on our bikes or get behind the wheel of a car, we have the shared responsibility to watch out for one another and follow rules of the road. For some, the motivation to do the right thing — staying at the scene of crash, in this example — is motivated by a fear of the consequences, be it a driver’s license suspension, fines or time behind bars. For others, the social shame of doing something wrong is motivation enough. And for others, still, there’s a sense of peace, of positive reinforcement that comes from within or from instilled values that lead us to do the right thing.

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“Its hard to go through holidays and birthdays,” said Misty Snyder, whose brother Charles was killed in a hit and run crash in November. “I don’t think it is something that anyone becomes complete OK with.”

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Just over six weeks into 2015 and Albuquerque is seeing a near-record amount of hit-and-run crashes. Albuquerque police said most will never be solved.

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Gideon said the woman who owned the car was an acquaintance of Magin’s, and she said Magin told her a different story about how the car was damaged. Interviews with her and other acquaintances led authorities to a house in Trenton, Ga., where Magin was staying.

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A 72-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Huntington Beach and a 27-year-old woman suspected of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs while driving the SUV that struck him was arrested about a mile away, police said Monday.

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A $2,000 reward is being offered to find the driver responsible for a North Whitehall Township hit-and-run last crash last month that critically injured a woman.

And I quote (XIII)…

CHICAGO (CBS) – It took more than four years, but with the help of Chicago area police, authorities in Florida have caught up with the suspect in a fatal hit-and-run.

Roy Rauch, 58, allegedly struck and killed a bicyclist in Seminole County, Florida in August 2011.


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He sobbed and apologized to the families of the two teenagers he killed. Then, the 29-year-old was sentenced to 30 years in prison, with the possibility of parole in 20 years.

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DANIA BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) — In a bittersweet homecoming, a Dania Beach teen returned home after he and his brother were critically injured in a hit-and-run accident.

Kelv’ron Florence, 14, and his 8-year-old brother Apollo Brown were on their way home from a middle school basketball game on Dec. 8, 2014. The two never made it because they were hit while trying to cross a street. But on Wednesday, Kelv’ron was discharged from the hospital and ready to finally head home. “As you can see, we’re on our way home,” said Apollo Brown, Kelv’ron’s father.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car inSan Jose, Cal.; Dallas, Texas; Sandy Springs, Ga.; Waushara Co., Wisc.; Sunset Beach, Cal.; Mobile, Ala.; Daytona Beach, Fla.

More hit-and-run stories, including every volume of Hit-and-Run America (in reverse order), are accessible from this linked page. (The full Volume-by-Volume list will appear sporadically from now on.)

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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.

6287. Winter Haven, Fla. Feb. 18. 52-year-old woman fatally struck by a white or gray BMW SUV which fled the scene.

6288. Centreville, Va. Feb. 19. 85-year-old woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6289. Florence, Ariz. Feb. 19. Pedestrian fatally struck by a 1997 or newer Jeep TJ convertible which fled the scene.

6290. Beaumont, Texas. Feb. 20. 48-year-old man fatally struck by a black or dark-colored extended-cab pickup truck which fled the scene.

6291. Memphis, Tenn. Feb. 20. Pedestrian critically injured when struck by a red tractor trailer which fled the scene.

6292-93. Oakland, Cal. Feb. 20. One pedestrian killed another injured when struck by a sedan from which the driver ran away.

6294. Des Moines, Iowa. Feb. 21. 21-year-old man fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; later impounded sans driver.

6295. Findlay, Ohio. Feb. 20. 16-year-old male injured when struck by a red four-door vehicle which fled the scene.

6296. Greenwich, NY. Feb. 19. Female pedestrian fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

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Police say they may have a break in a horrific hit-and-run crash that killed a groom-to-be and severely injured his fiancee on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway earlier this month.

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On early Thursday morning, La Crosse police received a call from a friend of Dereszynski. The caller said Dereszynski had told him he was the driver responsible for the accident and wanted to turn himself in but couldn’t. The friend told Dereszynski that if he didn’t turn himself in, he would call police.

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Carello was indicted in December on vehicular manslaughter, leaving the scene and drunken driving charges in the 7 a.m. Oct. 30 fatality on Lakeshore Road. Summer A. Rupert-Wozniczka, 37, was jogging against traffic in bright clothing with a flashing light when she was struck, state police Capt. Jeffrey Raub has said.

Today, Fahey announced that he would order a hearing to determine whether statements Carello made to police could be used against him at trial.

And I quote (IV)…

Lance Armstrong has pleaded guilty to careless driving for hitting two parked cars with his SUV in Aspen, a crash his girlfriend originally tried to take the blame for, a prosecutor confirmed on Wednesday.

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PICKERINGTON, Ohio – A new photo has been released of a vehicle that may be linked to a fatal hit and run.

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Police release details regarding hit-and-run that killed Vietnam Vet

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MIAMI – A 21-year-old man accused of causing a crash that killed a bicyclist and injured another on the Rickenbacker Causeway last month was in court Friday as his lawyers pleaded not guilty on his behalf.

Alejandro Alvarez has been out of jail on bond since the Jan. 21 crash that killed Walter Reyes, 49, and sent Henry Hernandez, 40, to Mercy Hospital.

Hernandez sat in a wheelchair inside the courtroom during Alvarez’s arraignment.

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Florida had more than 80,000 hit-and-run crashes last year. Fatal hit-and-run crashes increased by 23 percent in Florida between 2013 and 2014 and nearly half of those victims were pedestrians, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. One-fourth of all crashes are hit-and-run accidents, they add.

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“What hurts me the most is he was just left there to die,” said Nunez.

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An Allegheny County sheriff’s deputy is accused of leaving the scene of an accident.

Pittsburgh police charged Michael D. Reilly, 45, of Reserve on Feb. 3 with two counts of hit-and-run and two summary counts — failing to notify police of an accident and careless driving.

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The Aurora Police Department made a mistake when its officers allowed the city fire chief’s wife to go home with her husband after she was involved in a hit-and-run accident, a prosecutor said Friday during a court hearing.

“I think this would have been something else but for her being the fire chief’s wife,” said Chris Opfer, a deputy district attorney for the 18th Judicial District. “She got a break.”

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The driver who killed a pregnant woman and her new husband in a hit-and-run crash in 2013 is facing life in prison after a jury found him guilty on Friday of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide.

Julio Acevedo was also found guilty of two counts of leaving the scene of a crash for smashing his Bavarian Motor Works ride into the livery cab carrying Nathan and Raizy Glauber, both 21, to a hospital. Friends and family of the young couple say that justice has been served, but that no prison sentence could be long enough to make up for Acevedo’s reckless driving, and his fleeing to Pennsylvania.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car inToledo, Ohio; Chico, Cal.; Omaha, Neb.; Ramsey, NJ; Warrensburg, NY; Blairsville, Ind.

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An ongoing collection of unsolved hit-and-run cases, with a focus on car/pedestrian incidents, from across the country since Jan. ‘010. If you know something about any of these incidents, or one that I’ve missed, do the right thing and call the police, even anonymously.

6297. Miami, Fla. Feb. 22. 39-year-old woman in motorized cart fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6298. Waterford, Mich. Feb. 20. 16-year-old male injured when struck by a red four-door vehicle which fled the scene.

6299. Queens, NY. Feb. 23. 63-year-old woman injured when struck by a grey Suburban which fled the scene.

6300. Oakdale, Cal. Feb. 22. Man fatally struck by a Mercedes which fled the scene.

6301. Kennewick, Wash. Feb. 22. 58-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene. (UPDATE: Arrest.)

6302. Jersey City, NJ. Feb. 21. Woman injured after being struck by a dark-colored vehicle which fled the scene.

6303. Sylvan Lake, Mich. Feb. 21. 87-year-old man injured after being struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6304. Des Moines, Iowa. Feb. 21. 21-year-old man fatally struck by a Dodge Avenger which fled the scene. (UPDATE: Arrest.)

6305. Peachtree Corners, Ga. Feb. 22. Pedestrian injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.

6306. Bronx, NY. Feb. 23. 38-year-old man fatally struck by a gray Dodge station wagon which fled the scene.

6307. Rochester, NY. Feb. 23. 35-year-old man injured when struck by a white sedan which fled the scene.

6308. Cheektowaga, NY. 58-year-old man injured when struck by a 2003 to 2006 Chevrolet Silverado or a 2003 to 2006 GMC Sierra pickup, maroon/red in color, possibly with a white cap, which fled the scene.

6309. Chicago, Ill. Feb. 24. 55-year-old woman critically injured when struck by a gold four-door sedan which fled the scene.

6310. State College, Pa. Feb. 23. Man struck by a gold vehicle which fled the scene.

6311. East Grand Rapids, Mich. Feb. 26. 16-year-old male injured when struck by a white, newer-model Jeep which fled the scene.

6312. Lawrence, Ind. Feb. 21. Man badly injured when struck by a medium or dark blue Ford or Saturn which fled the scene.

6313. Charleston, SC. Feb. 25. 46-year-old man on bicycle fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6314. San Antonio, Texas. Feb. 25. 30-year-old woman injured when struck by a white sedan which fled the scene.

6315-18. Pawtucket, RI. Feb. 28. Man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene. Three others injured in separate hit and runs.

6319. Hollywood, Cal. Feb. 28. Woman fatally struck by a white 2000 Toyota Tacoma which fled the scene.

6320. Santa Ana, Cal. Feb. 28. Young male badly injured when struck by a black, two-door BMW 300 series which fled the scene.

6321. Cleveland, Ohio. Feb. 28. 24-year-old man injured when struck by a blue Nissan Rogue which fled the scene.

6322. Las Vegas, Nev. Feb. 27. Man injured when struck by a dark-colored vehicle which fled the scene.

6323. Stockton, Cal. Feb. 26. 11-year-old girl injured when struck, after protecting her young brother from getting hit, by a brown vehicle which fled the scene.

6324. St. Louis, Mo. Feb. 28. 47-year-old woman fatally struck by a Kia which fled the scene.

6325. Memphis, Tenn. Feb. 28. 1-year-old critically injured after being struck struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6326. Dania Beach, Fla. March 1. Bicyclist fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6327. Newport News, Va. March 1. 60-year-old woman fatally struck by a gold Chevy Malibu which fled the scene.

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PHOENIX — Phoenix police are asking for the public’s help to locate the driver of a pickup truck that hit and killed a woman who was out walking a friend’s dog earlier this month.

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“For him to fight through and pull through like that, it’s huge,” said another UM player.

And I quote (III)…

“Life is so fragile you just don’t know what’s going to happen, from one minute to the next you know,” she said. “We were preparing to watch the Oscars and the next minute we’re here. We were out here till 2 o’clock in the morning.”

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“They didn’t stop. They didn’t see how he was, they didn’t try to help — anything,” George McDade of Cook County Crimestoppers said of the motorist who struck Mikulec.

And I quote (V)…

Najm Porter’s wrestling season for Buchtel High School ended Monday on the side of Copley Road.

His real opponents were the snow- and ice-covered sidewalks all along Copley Road, as well as the hit-and-run driver who struck him as he and his friends walked single file along the street curb.

In addition to a compound leg fracture, the 16-year-old is grappling with the citation officers handed his family at Akron Children’s Hospital, where he was awaiting surgery.

“I think it’s unfair,” he said Tuesday from his hospital bed. “I think [the sidewalks] should have been cleared of the snow and ice. I was angry. I didn’t think it was fair.”

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During the past 3 months, her dad, Jeremias Lovos, drove her to and from classes at UDC most days. The teen says she hasn’t been back to the intersection where she was struck, “It hit me pretty deep so now if I would ever got back to that intersection I would have to be very cautious about that.”

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Police say Boeck’s blood-alcohol content was nearly three times over the legal limit when her car struck 19-year-old Sarah McCausland of Winnetka and 20-year-old Evelina Brown of Seattle on Jan. 31, 2014.

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CHATSWORTH, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Los Angeles police identified the driver believed to be responsible for a deadly hit-and-run during an alleged illegal street race in Chatsworth on Thursday.

Henry Gevorgyan, 21, is accused of driving a gray Ford Mustang that plowed into a crowd of onlookers, killing two spectators and seriously injuring another person.

The injured victim was said to be in critical but stable condition at a local hospital and is expected to survive. One of the victims who was killed has been identified as 26-year-old Eric Siguenza.

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Dan Panessa, 56, of Florence, was found dead near Hunt Highway and Poston Butte Loop at approximately 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 19.

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SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio- Police are offering a reward for information after a 17-year-old girl was hit by a truck earlier this month.

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A Corona man was arrested and charged for allegedly striking a woman with his car at the intersection of 76th Street and Woodside Avenue and fleeing the scene in his vehicle, police announced Monday.

The fatal incident, in which Valentine Gonzalez, 27, of Corona allegedly struck a pedestrian in his white Mitsubishi, occurred on Sunday a little before 8:38 p.m. Emergency Medical Services, who responded to the scene with police, pronounced the victim dead.

Gonzalez was stopped by police one block away on the corner of 73rd Street and 41st Avenue and was taken into custody.

Tuesday morning, elected officials and community leaders came together across the street from the intersection where the victim, Kunnin Ubonwan, was hit and killed, hoping to shed light on similar accidents around the borough.

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ROCKFORD — Police have arrested a man for a 2012 hit-and-run which left a pedestrian dead.

And I quote (XIII)…

Drivers in Florida can’t be prosecuted for leaving the scene of an accident unless there is proof they knew they were in a crash.

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously agreed with a lower court’s decision to throw out the conviction of a South Florida man charged after he hit a skateboarder while driving in the rain.

And I quote (XIV)…

An 81-year-old man is in serious condition at a hospital after he was hit by a bike Thursday while walking with his wife near a North Phoenix canal path.

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STOCKTON (CBS13) — An 11-year-old girl is being called a hero after she risked her life in front of a speeding car to save her little brother.

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A grand jury indicted WHAS-11 weekend sports anchor Jeff Woods this week on charges of failing to stop following an accident that killed a pedestrian.

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“We were told to come down to the hospital as soon as possible,” Miller said. “They weren’t sure she would make it through the night.”

And I quote (XVIII)…

The hit-and-run driver responsible for the death of a Gentilly first-grader last February will spend 10 to 40 years in prison, after being convicted of manslaughter Friday (Feb. 27) by an Orleans Parish judge.

Arthur Toledano was found guilty as charged of manslaughter in the death of 6-year-old Shaud Wilson, who was struck by Toledano’s speeding vehicle while walking in the Paris Avenue crosswalk at Lafreniere Street on the morning of Feb. 3, 2014. The boy’s 9-year-old sister, Shanaya Wilson, also was struck by Toledano’s car, but survived her head and ear injuries.

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WAIKOLOA, Hawaii —Hawaii County Police arrested one of their own Sunday following a crash that killed a tourist.

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WEST ASHLEY, S.C. (WCIV) — Friends and family of Jathon Bellamy gathered Sunday to raise money for his funeral at Bellamy’s favorite West Ashley bar.

They’re also asking for the driver who hit Bellamy to come forward. It’s been four days since he was hit and police still do not have a suspect in custody.

“Whoever you are, please come forward, we need closure,” said longtime friend Kevin Smith, at the Green Goat restaurant in West Ashley.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car inWaterbury, Ct.; Minnick, La.; Lee County, Fla.; Beaumont, Texas; Milwaukee, Wisc.; Greensboro, NC; Jacksonville, Fla.; Northridge, Cal.; San Jose, Cal.; Sheridan, Colo.; Austin, Texas; Muscoda, Wisc.; Greensboro, NC; Montclair, NJ; Avon, Colo.; Decatur, Mich.; Rock Hill, SC; Morgantown, WV; Bucksport, Maine; Newington, Ct.; Chesapeake, Va.; Abingdon, Md.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Buffalo, NY.

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6328. Miami, Fla. Feb. 28. 18-year-old woman critically injured when struck by a champagne-colored SUV which fled the scene.

6329. Des Moines, Iowa. March 2. 61-year-old woman injured when struck by a dark-colored car which fled the scene.

6330. Denver, Colo. March 3. 42-year-old man fatally struck by a silver Toyota which fled the scene.

6331. Brownsville, Texas. March 2. 37-year-old woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6332. Millville, NJ. March 2. 64-year-old man critically injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6333. Glendale, Cal. March 6. 4-year-old girl fatally struck by a white or beige vehicle which fled the scene.

6334. Los Angeles, Cal. March 4. 65-year-old woman critically injured when struck by a older-model BMW which fled the scene.

6335. Bergenfield, NJ. March 4. 73-year-old woman injured when struck by a Nissan Altima which fled the scene.

6336. Monroe, La. March 5. Man in his 40s fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6337. East Cleveland, Ohio. March 3. 12-year-old boy injured when struck by a blue car which fled the scene.

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Family and friends of a Goose Creek cyclist who was killed last week in a hit-and-run gathered Sunday to celebrate his life at his favorite West Ashley brunch spot, The Green Goat.

“It was just a way for all of us to get back together,” said Jason Eisenberg, longtime friend of the victim, Jathon Bellamy III. “It’s amazing how many people’s lives he touched.”

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“You just can’t leave somebody hit, hurt on the side of the road,” victim Lee Smith said Monday. “You just can’t do that.”

And I quote (III)…

A 72-year-old woman was charged with involuntary manslaughter in a Friday hit-and-run accident in Chesapeake that led to the death of another woman.

And I quote (IV)…

Santa Ana cops are looking for a black BMW 300 Series sedan sold manufactured between 2001-2006, not because they are in the market for a used car but investigators believe it was driven by a hit-and-run driver who left a boy in his early teens clinging to life Saturday.

And I quote (V)…

Police are asking the public’s help in locating the driver responsible for a hit-and-run crash that left a woman critically injured last month in the Belmont Heights neighborhood on the Northwest Side.

The woman, 55, was crossing the street about 6:25 p.m. on Feb. 16 in the 3400 block of North Harlem when she was hit by a 2000 or 2001 blue/green metallic Toyota Camry, police said.

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“Please turn yourself in. Don’t be a coward,” said Esquivel. “She was coming from her doctor. She didn’t deserve this and I don’t deserve this either.”

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CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Banged up, bruised and left lying in the road, 24-year old Daniils Mamedovs can’t remember what happened to him.

His wounds tell part of the troubling story.


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“I knew it was one of my kids and I can remember praying, ‘OK God let it be is arm, let it be his leg,’ bargaining and I remember saying, ‘Don’t let it be his brain, I could deal with anything but his brain,’” King recalled of hearing her son was in an accident.

And I quote (IX)…

A man accused in the hit-and-run killing of New Orleans police Officer Rodney Thomas and one of the men accused of helping him try to cover up his role both were booked on battery counts this week for allegedly sending a fellow Orleans Parish Prison inmate to the hospital with broken bones, court records show.

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MIAMI (WSVN) — After losing her youngest son to a hit-and-run collision, Selena Brown visited a Miami hospital to show her support for another mother whose daughter is a recent victim of yet another hit-and-run driver.

“We’re going to find whoever did this to your daughter because justice has to be found,” said Selena Brown.

Selena Brown and Veronica Banks do not know each other, but the two mothers share a common bond: Their children were struck down by hit and run drivers.

“I don’t even know you, but when I seen it on the news, the first thing I thought about was my boys,” said Selena Brown.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car inSt. Louis, Mo.; Redmond, Wash.; Louisville, Ky.; Anderson, Ind.; Memphis, Tenn.; Melbourne, Fla.; Moline, Ill.; Manitowoc, Wisc.; San Jose, Cal.; Lockport, NY; Phoenix, Az.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Seattle, Wash.; Dania Beach, Fla.; Albuquerque, NM; New Braunfels, Texas; Winston-Salem, NC; Dubuque, Iowa; Cleves, Ohio.

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6338. Fallston, Md. March 5. 44-year-old man fatally struck by a dark-colored Jeep Cherokee which fled the scene.

6339. Atlanta, Ga. March 5. 39-year-old woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6340. Louisville, Ky. March 6. Elderly woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6341. Hayward, Cal. March 4. 50-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6342. Toms River, NJ. March 6. 27-year-old man fatally struck by a blue vehicle which fled the scene.

6343. Lakeville, Mass. March 5. 46-year-old man injured when struck by a 2003 to 2007 Honda Accord which fled the scene.

6344. Oakland, Cal. March 6. 50-year-old woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6345. Philipsburg, Pa. March 5. 33-year-old man injured when struck by a dark SUV which fled the scene.

6346. Stillwater, NJ. March 6. 37-year-old man injured when struck by a dark-colored car which fled the scene.

6347. Somerville, NJ. March 6. 75-year-old man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6348. Pascagoula, Miss. March 7. 20-year-old woman injured when struck by a white Jeep Grand Cherokee which fled the scene.

6349. Chicago, Ill. March 7. 15-year-old man critically injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

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GLENDALE (CBSLA.com) — A 55-year-old man has surrendered in connection with a fatal hit-and-run that killed a 4-year-old girl the day before.

Shant Badleean of Glendale walked in to a police station with his family Saturday night and was placed under arrest, according to the Glendale Police Department. He’s been charged with felony hit and run. His bail is set at $50,000.

The news came shortly before family and community members held a candlelight vigil for Violeta Khachaturyan.

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“There’s not just the legal duty to stop after an accident, there’s a human being side of this. There’s an injured person there that needed help,” said Capt. Gary Woodruff with the Lawrence Police Department.

And I quote (III)…

“You never get over the loss of a child,” he said. “Every day is just pain management.”

And I quote (IV)…

An 88-year-old man has died two months after he was struck by a car in an Upper East Side crosswalk, police said Saturday.

And I quote (V)…

A 22-year-old woman is dead and a 21-year-old man is facing charges after a hit-&-run in Newark, Delaware Saturday night.

Amanda Hagelstein was running across Delaware Ave. when she was struck by a 1994 Ford Ranger driven by Kyle Loyd, according to Newark Police. She was taken to Christiana Hospital where she died from her injuries.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car inTitusville, Fla.; Brownsville, Texas; Rochester, NY; Pocatello, Idaho; Gramercy, La.; Colorado Springs, Colo.

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6350. Charlotte, NC. March 8. 66-year-old man fatally struck by a pick-up truck which fled the scene.

6351. Houston, Texas. March 9. Man fatally struck by a white truck which fled the scene.

6352. Moreno Valley, Cal. March 8. 3-year-old injured when struck by a older model red or maroon GMC Yukon which fled the scene.

6353. Lubbock, Texas. March 8. 50-year-old man fatally struck by a black passenger car which fled the scene.

6354. Laredo, Texas. March 7. 12-year-old boy fatally struck by a green and teal Ford F-150 which fled the scene.

6355. Lyndonville, Vt. March 10. 25-year-old man injured when struck by a dark-colored Jeep which fled the scene.

6356. Colorado Springs, Colo. March 10. 19-year-old man suffers life-threatening injuries when struck by a 2004 to 2008 phantom gray pearl colored Toyota Corolla which fled the scene.

6357. McMinnville, Ore. March 10. 39-year-old man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6358. Newark, NJ. March 10. 62-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6359. Austin, Texas. March 9. Woman badly injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6360. Los Angeles, Cal. March 10. 58-year-old man fatally struck by a dark sedan which fled the scene.

6361. Plymouth, Mass. March 12. 69-year-old woman and her dog fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene. (Update: Arrest)

6362. Shippensburg, PA. March 12. 30-year-old man injured when struck by a silver four-door passenger car which fled the scene.

6363. Geneva, NY. March 12. Man crawls to nearby porch for help after being injured when struck by a small blue car which fled the scene.

6364. Chicago, Ill. March 12. 22-year-old pregnant woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene. (Update: Arrest)

6365. East Fishkill, NY. March 12. 71-year-old woman injured when struck by a tan- or gold-colored vehicle with a similar body style to a Mazda 626 which fled the scene.

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LOS ANGELES — Graphic security-camera footage, which TMZ says it posted at the request of the deceased victim’s family, shows a fatal hit-and-run incident allegedly involving Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight as the vehicle’s driver.

And I quote (II)…

“Some of the guys got together after the viewing and we had just left the fire house,” Riehman told NJ Advance Media this morning. “I was going to get my car and a guy backed over George, rolled over him again and then sped off.

“I heard George yell so loud. It was the loudest yell I ever heard. If the driver of that car didn’t see George, I know he heard him scream. I was in shock.”

And I quote (III)…

Firefighter chases, tackles hit-and-run suspect

And I quote (IV)…

ROCKLAND, Maine — A Rockport man accused of striking and killing a pedestrian in January and then leaving the scene without stopping is claiming police violated his rights when they eventually apprehended and interviewed him.

And I quote (V)…

The driver suspected in a hit-and-run crash that killed a 51-year-old New Britain woman in Newington was arrested after his involvement in a cockfighting ring out of East Windsor helped police identify him as the suspect, according to police sources.

And I quote (VI)…

“When we heard the news that he was dead it broke our hearts. No words, nothing,” George said.

And I quote (VII)…

ARLINGTON — A $10,000 reward was offered Tuesday for the arrest and indictment of a hit-and-run motorist who killed a college student walking across an intersection Jan. 16.

Oak Farms Dairy made the offer in hope of helping investigators identify the driver who killed Kelly Walters, 20, as she tried to cross Northeast Green Oaks Boulevard at Burney Road that night.

And I quote (VIII)…

“It’s not right that somebody is just out there, free, and my son is gone,” explains Sylvia King.

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Shortly after Amanda Hagelstein was hit by a pick-up truck as she crossed Delaware Avenue, a woman called 911 to report that her neighbor’s ex-boyfriend “yelled to her that he just killed somebody by Burger King,” Newark Police Cpl. Wayne Aston wrote in court documents.

And I quote (X)…

Nearly 50 drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists were cited Monday during a traffic-enforcement operation conducted on the heels of a fatal hit-and-run collision that claimed the life of a 4-year-old girl, authorities said.

Extra officers were patrolling high-collision areas looking for speeding drivers, as well as those making illegal turns, failing to halt for stop signs or yield to pedestrians. Jaywalkers and cyclists violating traffic rules were also targeted.

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MIAMI – A high school junior has died after she was hit by a car in Miami, her family told Local 10 News.

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RUTLAND – Police in Rutland say they are continuing to look for information in an unsolved hit and run that killed a woman three years ago.

And I quote (XIII)…

The program, called the Pueblo Auto Body Alert, will be a partnership between Pueblo police and local auto repair companies. When there’s a hit-and-run crash, the police department will email the body shops as much information as they can about the vehicle(s) they are trying to find.

“Sometimes hit-and-run suspects, or the owners of vehicles involved in these hit-and-runs, will try to get the vehicle repaired to destroy evidence of the crime. That is where repair automotive professionals come in,” the police department said.

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6366. Sacramento, Cal. March 13. Elderly woman injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.

6367. Allentown, Pa. March 13. 30-year-old man badly injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6368. Coram, NY. March 14. Man fatally struck by a light-colored vehicle which fled the scene.

6369. Homer City, Ind. March 13. Juvenile injured when struck by a dark-colored vehicle which fled the scene.

6370. Erie, Pa. March 15. 50-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6371. Little Rock, Ark. March 14. 25-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6372. Hopewell Junction, NY. March 13. 71-year-old woman injured when struck by a sedan which fled the scene.

6373. Los Angeles, Cal. March 14. 7-year-old boy injured when struck by a white compact car which fled the scene.

6374. Sebastian, Fla. March 16. 83-year-old woman injured when struck by a truck which fled the scene.

6375. Kenner, La. March 16. 5-year-old girl injured when struck by a newer-model black Suburban which fled the scene.

6376. Mineral Wells, Texas. March 13. 18-year-old man injured when struck by a black pickup truck which fled the scene.

6377-78. Hampton, Va. March 16. Woman and infant injured when struck by a black Nissan pickup truck which fled the scene but was later found.

6379. Buffalo, NY. March 15. 44-year-old man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6380. Shreveport, La. March 17. 31-year-old man injured when struck by a 90s Chevy SUV which fled the scene.

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A pregnant woman killed in a hit-and-run accident while walking to a laundromat in Englewood was remembered by family members Saturday as a joyful woman looking forward to the birth of her second child.

Jazzalyn Fontanez, 22, was hit as she crossed the street near 5900 S. Halsted St. on Thursday afternoon and later died from her injuries. She is survived by a 4-year-old daughter and was looking forward to finding out the sex of her unborn child next week, according to family members.

And I quote (II)…

A Plymouth man’s driver’s license had been suspended or revoked at least three times before he allegedly struck and killed a 69-year-old woman and her beloved dog Thursday, according to prosecutors and the Registry of Motor Vehicles.

Since 1993, Timothy Lapierre, 39, also had amassed five speeding tickets, two missing inspection stickers, one failure to stop and one surchargeable accident before he allegedly crossed paths with Marjorie Cochrane and her dog Sasha shortly before 8 a.m., while they were out walking at Lunns Way and Garrett Place in Plymouth, according to his driving record and the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office.

And I quote (III)…

A man claimed his nerves caused him to flee after hitting a woman with his car, Wilkes-Barre police said.

And I quote (IV)…

Tailor Dunn has lost more than 50 pints of blood and had nearly 20 surgeries in just one month.

And I quote (V)…

The Pueblo Police Department and local auto repair shops are teaming in an effort to help solve hit-and-run crimes.

And I quote (VI)…

An arrest has been made in last night’s fatal hit and run accident in Utica.

Utica Police say they were informed by a Good Samaritan of a vehicle that was allegedly being driven erratically. The witness did not know that the vehicle had just hit a pedestrian but followed the vehicle and called 911 with the location.

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Bike Run event honors fatal hit and run victim

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PARIS, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — Sunday marks one year since 16-year-old Xavier Fuentes was killed in a hit-and-run on Route 117 in South Paris, and his family is still waiting for answers.


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Hit-and-run victim’s upper torso found in suspect’s car; driver claims, ‘I didn’t hit anyone,’ police say

And I quote (X)…

TRENTON, Texas — Trenton Police Chief Robert Robinson was hit by a vehicle Monday afternoon while trying to serve a warrant.

And I quote (XI)…

Authorities have released information about the vehicle that they say was involved in fatal hit-and-run in Toms River earlier this month.

Jeffrey Michel, 27, of Colts Neck, was struck and killed on Route 37 westbound near Fischer Boulevard on Friday, March 6 at 8:20 p.m.

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Driver in hit-and-run death will get no jail time

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car inTrenton, NJ; Detroit, Mich.; Brooklyn, NY; Tulsa, Okla.; Titusville, Fla.; Dallas, Texas; Miami, Fla.; Cass County, Ind.; Santa Maria, Cal.; Fountain, Colo.; Geneva, NY; Douglas County, Ga.; Fallston, Md.; Agawam, Mass.; St. Paul, Minn.; Oakland, Cal.; Bentonville, Ark.

More hit-and-run stories, including every volume of Hit-and-Run America (in reverse order), are accessible from this linked page. (The full Volume-by-Volume list will appear sporadically from now on.)

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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.

6381. Fort Lee, NJ. March 18. Woman injured when struck by a late 1990s Toyota Camry which fled the scene.

6382. Los Angeles, Cal. March 16. 87-year-old woman injured when struck by a silver colored, late model Infiniti SUV — possibly a QX or FX model, which fled the scene.

6383. Austin, Texas. March 19. 15-year-old girl fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6384. Hot Springs, Ark. March 17. Pedestrian suffers life-threatening injuries when struck by a white four-door passenger car which fled the scene.

6385. Amenia, NY. March 16. 36-year-old woman fatally struck by a dark 2003-06 Dodge pickup which fled the scene.

6386. Charlotte, NC. March 20. 51-year-old man on bicycle injured when struck by a minivan which fled the scene.

6387. Sealy, Texas. March 19. 23-year-old man badly injured when struck by a dark green SUV which fled the scene.

6388. Columbus, Ohio. March 20. Pedestrian injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6389. Pembroke Pines, Fla. March 20. 49-year-old man fatally struck by a white Nissan which fled the scene.

6390. Forkland, Ala. March 20. 51-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6391. Tampa, Fla. March 22. 25-year-old man fatally struck by a black Camaro which fled the scene.

6392. Mt. Prospect, Ill. March 22. 46-year-old man fatally struck by a dark-colored vehicle which fled the scene.

6393. Hazelwood, Pa. March 23. Man in his 60s badly injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.

6394. Lubbock, Texas. March 23. 51-year-old man injured when struck by a tan or gold four-door vehicle which fled the scene.

6395. Montgomery Co., Texas. March 22. 55-year-old man fatally struck by a blue Chevrolet truck which fled the scene.

6396. Rochester, NY. March 23. 35-year-old man injured when struck by a gray Cadillac DeVille which fled the scene.

6397-98. St. Petersburg, Fla. March 22. Two bicyclists injured when struck by a gold Chevy Trailblazer which fled the scene.

6399. Catawba County, NC. March 24. Father of nine critically injured when struck by a truck which fled the scene; found later in the day.

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The driver who killed three teenage girls in a hit-and-run on Halloween last year pleaded guilty Friday to manslaughter and other charges.

Jaquinn Bell, 32, who hit the three 13-year-olds when they were trick-or-treating in Santa Ana then fled, faces a maximum prison sentence of nearly 14 years. He is scheduled to be sentenced May 21.

And I quote (II)…

The Allentown man accused of hitting two women and then driving off with a portion of one victim’s body in his car has a long criminal history.

And I quote (III)…

Santa Ana woman gets year in jail for lying about boyfriend’s hit-and-run that killed 3-year-old girl

And I quote (IV)…

STAMFORD — A city woman’s astonishing criminal record convinced a Stamford judge to give her the maximum sentence for killing the 70-year-old mother of a city police officer while driving high on drugs and alcohol, then fleeing the scene last Easter.

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It was a mystery that only took minutes to solve on social media.

Bethlehem Township police on Saturday afternoon posted on Facebook a picture of a vehicle panel found after a hit-and-run crash injured another motorist at 10:30 Friday night on Hecktown Road.

It was dented, dinged and the only clues to where it came from were a bow tie and a boast: “Over 45 years experience.”

“Do you know who has over 45 years of experience? We’d like to,” township police Cpl. Shawn Powell posted.

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Robert Perkins said his “guilty” verdicts in this week’s fatal hit-and-run trial came down to Christopher Sullivan’s claim that he didn’t see two women crossing the road, followed by his statement that he wasn’t aware at first he had hit a pedestrian with his car.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car inBurleson, Texas; Coram, NY; Arlington, Texas; Agawam, Mass.; Tyler, Texas; Charleston, SC; Shreveport, La.; Fort Collins, Colo.; Green Bay, Wisc.; Lakeville, Mass.; Spring, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah; Douglasville, Ga.; Pohatcong, NJ; San Pedro, Cal.

More hit-and-run stories, including every volume of Hit-and-Run America (in reverse order), are accessible from this linked page. (The full Volume-by-Volume list will appear sporadically from now on.)

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6400. Myrtle Beach, SC. March 24. 46-year-old man fatally struck by a white SUV which fled the scene.

6401. Elmhurst, Ill. March 24. 26-year-old man injured when struck by a tractor trailer which fled the scene.

6402. Bensalem, Pa. March 24. 28-year-old woman fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; was later found.

6403. Coral Gables, Fla. March 26. Man in his 30s on bicycle fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6404. Glassboro, NJ. March 25. 42-year-old woman on bicycle injured when struck by a Dodge Charger or Ford Mustang which fled the scene.

6405. Sacramento, Cal. March 24. Man in 40s on bicycle fatally struck by a silver two-door 1992-2002 Cadillac Eldorado which fled the scene.

6406. Manlius, NY. March 25. Man in his 40s fatally struck by a tractor trailer which fled the scene.

6407. Rome, NY. March 25. 56-year-old man on bicycle critically injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6408. Lake Success, NY. May 26. 74-year-old woman fatally struck by a delivery truck which fled the scene.

6409. Anchorage, Alaska. March 27. Woman fatally struck by a green Ford Explorer which fled the scene. (Update: Arrest)

6410. Indianapolis, Ind. March 27. 41-year-old woman injured when struck by a red Chevy Tahoe which fled the scene.

6411. San Francisco, Cal. March 27. 38-year-old man injured when struck by a large gray vehicle which fled the scene.

6412. Stockton, Cal. March 27. Man injured when struck by a green or gray Toyota which fled the scene.

6413. Portsmouth, Va. March 27. 28-year-old man injured when struck by a white, gold or champagne-colored Ford F-150 which fled the scene.

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —The case was cold for more than two decades, but now the man accused of murdering an Albuquerque woman in 1991 has been convicted.

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Mount Prospect police have released surveillance video showing the hit-and-run crash on Algonquin Road that took the life of an Arlington Heights man Sunday night.

The video shows the man, identified Tuesday as 46-year-old Jose Felix Gonzalez-Navarette, crossing Algonquin near its intersection with Briarwood Drive. The video cuts out moments before a dark-colored sedan driving east on Algonquin Road strikes Gonzalez-Navarette.

And I quote (III)…

An off-duty city bus driver was collared by police for striking an auxiliary cop teen in a Manhattan crash and fleeing the scene, law-enforcement sources said.

MTA employee Edward Rivera, 45, hit Alex Guzman, 17, while he was bicycling on Lexington Avenue and East 105th Street with a 2011 Hyndai Accord about 2:40 p.m. Sunday, sources said.

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This accident’s a reminder of the dangers bike lovers continue to face on the area’s streets from hit-and-run drivers. An alarming number of cyclist injuries and deaths led Houston Mayor Annise Parker to take initiative on the issue last May. The mayor attended the press conference in which BikeHouston donated $2,500 to Crime Stoppers of Houston in an attempt to reduce the number of biker deaths and draw attention to the problem.

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A bicyclist died 17 days after a February hit-and-run crash in the east valley, Las Vegas police said Thursday.

Gerald Scrimshire, 55, died Feb. 21, according to the Clark County coroner’s office. The coroner released the cause of death Thursday, police said.

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Police are searching for a hit-and-run suspect who struck a car at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek then disappeared after jumping into a lake to flee the scene, officials said.

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Two months after a young woman was seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver, police still have no suspects.

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BRIDGEPORT – A state corrections officer, awaiting trial for the horrific hit and run that killed a local woman and injured her young son, was charged Wednesday with beating a young girl with belt during a sleepover.

And I quote (IX)…

“They say when it’s your time to go it’s your time, but why are those babies left without their mom?” Jenifer’s cousin, Lisa Ovington, said.

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VENICE (CBSLA.com) — Police have arrested a man suspected of crashing into three bicyclists in a multiple hit-and-run incident in Venice Saturday.

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“He was trying to cross the street and he got hit,” said Reese. “The car pulled over for a minute and then took off.”

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6414. Bethlehem, Pa. March 28. 33-year-old man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6415. Kansas City, Mo. March 29. Pedestrian injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6416. Detroit, Mich. March 28. Teenage boy injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6417. New Orleans, La. March 29. 71-year-old woman fatally struck by a burnt-orange early-model Mustang which fled the scene.

6418. Fairbanks, Alaska. March 29. Bicyclist injured when struck by a Jetta which fled the scene.

6419. San Diego, Cal. March 30. Man injured when struck by a dark-colored vehicle which fled the scene.

6420. Arlington, Texas. March 30. Teenager on a skateboard injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene. (Update: Arrest)

6421. Las Vegas, Nev. March 30. Man injured when struck by a red vehicle which fled the scene.

6422. Birmingham, Ala. March 30. 3-year-old boy fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; later returned to scene.

6423. Accomack Co., Va. March 31. 66-year-old man fatally struck by a charter bus which briefly stopped before fleeing the scene.

6424. Canton, Ga. March 28. 60-year-old man injured when struck by a blue minivan which fled the scene.

6425. Norwalk, Ct. April 1. 55-year-old man injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; driver later IDd, charges pending.

6426. Houma, La. March 31. 20-year-old man on bicycle fatally struck by a 2001 Ford truck which fled the scene. “A Hispanic man exited the truck to remove the bicycle from under the vehicle and then fled the scene.”

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MIAMI — A stripper is accused of a hit-and-run crash that critically injured a Canadian tourist in Miami.

Police say Alexander Sanghwan — listed as being from Ontario — was walking on the edge of a road around 5:30 a.m. Sunday when he was struck by a vehicle, which then fled the scene.

According to an affidavit released Monday night, 26-year-old Olivia Bennett is charged with hitting Sanghwan near Diamonds strip club.

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“I want to see her taken out of that room in cuffs, punished for the crimes she committed,” said Steven Pate just before the sentencing hearing commenced around 11:50 a.m. “Whatever the sentence is, I hope every minute feels like an hour, every hour feels like a day, every day feels like a week and every week feels like a year.”

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A hit-and-run driver who critically injured a man visiting Miami for Ultra Music Fest early Sunday morning is out of jail Tuesday morning.

And I quote (IV)…

“I’m just begging. If it was an accident, just come forth and things will be a lot better than us having to hunt you down,” said Latisha Croom, Tanya Turman’s sister.

And I quote (V)…

NEWPORT NEWS — Marcella Spain’s body was flung 142 feet after the deadly crash.

The speed and weight of the white pickup truck crushed her bones — her limp body lay abandoned in the roadway like a rag doll.

The pickup truck driver kept going that summer night and has remained silent ever since.

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The body of a hit-and-run suspect who struck a car at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek then disappeared after jumping into a lake to flee the scene has been found, police said Tuesday.

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A Valparaiso, Nebraska, family praised the actions of a good Samaritan who followed a hit-and-run suspect from an accident that took the life of the family’s matriarch.

And I quote (VIII)…

GLASSBORO — Following a hit-and-run incident late last month, borough police released video footage that appears to show the car involved in the crash and are asking for the public’s help with identifying the driver.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car inCharlotte, NC; Omaha, Neb.; Fullerton, Cal.; Novato, Ca.; Sycamore, NY; Loveland, Colo.; Norwalk, Ct.; Carlsbad, Cal.; Weatherford, Texas.

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6427. Baltimore, Md. April 1. Woman fatally struck by a dark Toyota pickup truck which fled the scene.

6428. Queens, NY. April 1. 61-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6429. Phoenix, Az. April 1. Man fatally struck by both a black pickup truck and black SUV which fled the scene.

6430. Charlotte, NC. April 1. 16-year-old girl injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6431-33. San Francisco, Cal. April 2. Three bicyclists injured when struck by a black Jeep Cherokee which fled the scene.

6434. Middleburg, Fla. April 2. 65-year-old woman injured when struck by a 2003 Buick Rendezvous which fled the scene.

6435. Lake Havasu City, Nev. April 2. Man injured when struck by a white van which fled the scene.

6436. Bloomington, Cal. April 3. Man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6437. Santa Rosa, Cal. April 3. 46-year-old man badly injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6438. Hanover Twp., Pa. April 3. Man fatally struck by a silver Jeep Grand Cherokee which fled the scene.

6439. Albany, Ore. April 3. Pedestrian fatally struck by a silver sedan which fled the scene.

6440. East Islip, NY. April 4. Man critically injured when struck by a pickup truck which fled the scene.

6441. Chicago, Ill. April 3. 27-year-old man on bicycle critically injured when struck by a dark SUV which fled the scene.

6442. Salinas, Cal. April 3. 39-year-old man on bicycle injured when struck by a maroon Honda which fled the scene.

6443. Huntsville, Ala. April 4. 4-year-old girl injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.

6444. Naples, Fla. April 4. 54-year-old man on bicycle injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6445. Dallas, Texas. April 5. 20-year-old man fatally struck by a black Dodge Charger which fled the scene.

6446. Bronx, NY. April 4. 13-year-old boy critically injured when struck by a grey sedan which fled the scene.

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LAS VEGAS (FOX5) – As friends and family prepared to hold a vigil for a little girl and her grandmother, police and advocates spoke out Thursday about a bill aimed at curbing what took their lives earlier in the week.

Lawmakers are considering legislation that would increase penalties for hit-and-run crashes.

“Trust me, we will hunt you down if you leave the scene of an accident,” said Sgt. Richard Strader with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

“Rarely a week goes by without hearing of one of these horrific collisions resulting in the loss of innocent lives. It saddens me to say it appears to be the norm rather than the exception,” said Sandy Heverly, executive director and co-founder of Stop DUI.

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The Aurora fire chief’s wife will spend a night in the county jail as punishment for a hit-and-run accident that injured a child.

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A 29-year-old Racine man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday in a fatal hit-and-run crash last fall.

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Roger Slifer, the co-creator of DC Comics anti-hero parody character Lobo, has passed away. He was 60 years old.

A Facebook post by Slifer’s sister Connie Carlton confirmed the former DC and Marvel writer and editor passed away in his hometown of Morristown, Indiana on Monday due to breathing complications, which stemmed from being struck by a hit-and-run driver in 2012.

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SAUGERTIES – A 51-year-old Saugerties woman is facing a number of charges after, police said, she fled the scene after a hit-and-run pedestrian accident, fled from pursuing officers in her vehicle, and locked herself in the vehicle when officers pulled her over.

Police identified the woman as Tammy Candlin, who lives on Route 32 in Saugerties. She was charged with obstruction of governmental administration, a misdemeanor; and failure to comply, speeding, and failure to signal, all violations.

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Jason Edward Smith loved his family.

His wife, Wendy, and daughters, TriStar, 15, and Mila, 6, were his whole world — his top priority, friends and relatives said.

“Everything he did in life was for his wife and two girls,” said Matthew Smith, his younger brother. “He would be so proud and so happy that people in the community are coming out and leaving something in his name, for his girls, to make sure they’re taken care of. That was his biggest thing — taking care of them.”

Smith, 36, of Kennewick, was killed Thursday in a hit-and-run crash near Road 36 and Sylvester Street in Pasco. A GoFundMe account is set up to help his family with expenses in the wake of his sudden death. It’s at www.gofundme.com/qwf6bg.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car inAmherst, NY; Nashville, Tenn.; Odessa, Texas; North Syracuse, NY; Elsmere, Del.; Pasco, Wash.; Elkton, Va.; Wayne, NJ; Philadelphia, Pa.; Miami Beach, Fla.; Panama City, Fla.

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An ongoing collection of unsolved hit-and-run cases, with a focus on car/pedestrian incidents, from across the country since Jan. ‘010. If you know something about any of these incidents, or one that I’ve missed, do the right thing and call the police, even anonymously.

6447-48. Savannah, Ga. April 5. 25- and 24-year-old men injured when struck by a minivan which fled the scene.

6449. Magnolia, Miss. April 5. Man on bicycle injured when struck by a red Ford Explorer or Chevy Tahoe which fled the scene.

6450. Welasco, Texas. April 5. 24-year-old woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6451. Chicago, Ill. April 6. 38-year-old man critically injured when struck by a dark blue Suzuki Esteem (possibly) which fled the scene.

6452. Bradenton, Fla. April 5. Man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6453. Bethlehem, Pa. April 6. 34-year-old man badly injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6454. Chicago, Ill. April 6. 59-year-old man on bicycle fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6455. Boston, Mass. April 7. Woman injured when struck by an SUV which fled the scene.

6456. Philadelphia, Pa. April 6. Woman injured when struck by a dirt bike from which the rider fled the scene.

6457. Chesterfield, Va. April 8. 16-year-old boy fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6458. Fountain Valley, Cal. April 8. 30-year-old man fatally struck by a silver Honda Pilot and white sedan both of which fled the scene.

6459-60. St. Louis, Mo. April 7. 49-year-old man and 19-year-old son injured when struck by a red Chevy pickup truck which fled the scene.

6461. Alcoa, Tenn. April 8. 71-year-old man in wheelchair fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene.

6462. South Fulton County, Ga. April 8. Child injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6463. Oakland, Cal. April 8. Woman badly injured when struck by an older-model white Chevrolet which fled the scene.

6464. Hanford, Cal. April 7. 83-year-old woman in wheelchair badly injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6465. Santa Fe, NM. April 8. 18-year-old man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6466. Denver, Colo. April 9. Bicyclist fatally struck by an SUV which fled the scene.

6467. Bloomfield, NJ. April 9. 63-year-old man injured when struck by a dark sedan which fled the scene.

6468. Aurora, Colo. April 9. Man injured when struck by a BMW SUV which fled the scene.

6469. Baltimore Co., Md. April 9. 45-year-old man on bicycle injured when struck by an SUV which fled the scene.

6470. Fairfax Co., Va. April 9. Woman jogging injured when struck by a small, grey sedan which fled the scene.

6471. Riverside, Ohio. April 9. 17-year-old boy injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6472. San Francisco, Cal. April 10. Woman fatally struck by a black Toyota Corolla which fled the scene.

6473. High Point, NC. April 9. 9-year-old girl injured when struck by a white four-door sedan which fled the scene.

6474. Rialto, Cal. April 11. 28-year-old man fatally struck by a light blue car (possible Chrysler 300) which fled the scene.

6475. Lake City, Ga. April 11. Woman injured when struck by a four-door sedan which fled the scene.

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PASCO, WA- 23-year-old Miguel Paniagua has a past with being in trouble with the law, all the way back to his teenage years. Paniagua was arrested a total of ten times. … On Monday, police were able to identify Paniagua as the suspect wanted for the hit and run death of 36-year-old Jason Smith. Their search for him continues. Police ask anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 586-TIPS.

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AUSTIN (KXAN) — Arlen Polit Mercado, 27, is charged with the state jail felony of abandoning or endangering a child, accused of hitting another car and taking off – all while she had four children with her in the van as she allegedly drove intoxicated. Police say the driver of the other car called them and decided to follow her after she hit his car and didn’t stop.

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SAN FRANCISCO (KTVU) — Former San Francisco 49er and Oakland Raider player Kwame Harris faces some serious criminal charges Monday after being arrested Sunday evening for several hit-and-run crashes and allegedly trying to bite an officer’s hand while under the influence of drugs, according to authorities.

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A man was accidentally shot following a hit and run in Kinston Tuesday night, according to police.

And I quote (V)…

Glendale police are seeking the public’s help in solving a nearly year-old hit-and-run that killed a 62-year-old Glendale resident.

And I quote (VI)…

Jonathan Pol is a Clay County cheerleading coach currently involved in a deadly hit and run investigation and is facing several felony charges.

Police said Pol struck a 53-year-old man in Atlanta in November 2013. Investigators believe he drove away and left the victim for dead.

He’s now awaiting trial charged with first degree homicide by vehicle, hit and run, DUI and failing to aid an injured person.

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Michigan Police Looking for Hit-And-Run Driver From Worldstar Fight Video

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A 73-year-old Maryland man has turned himself in for leaving the scene of a fatal hit-and-run earlier this year, the U.S. Park Police said Thursday.

It was after the Feb. 1 accident on the Baltimore Washington Parkway that a 911 operator told a dying man’s daughter to “stop whining” as she tried to call for help. The victim, 38-year-old Rick Warrick, died at the scene.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — After striking a pedestrian in a downtown Louisville crosswalk, a sports anchor in a WHAS TV News truck got out of his vehicle as a crowd started to form, briefly surveyed the scene and left, according to witnesses.

“I told him, hey, you hit her too; you ran over her too,” Matthew Good, a tow truck driver who had first hit the woman told police. “As everybody surrounded us, he just got back in his (truck) and left.”

Fontaine Jeffrey, 58, died of multiple injuries after being struck by Good and reporter Jeffrey Woods, according to evidence released this week in a criminal case filed against Woods, who has been indicted on one count of failure to stop and render aid, a class D felony.

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TAMPA — Anger, heartbreak and an inexperienced lawyer helped land Armando Lopez-Canada in prison for 30 years for fleeing a fatal hit-and-run that left two people dead.

But forgiveness knocked 20 years off his sentence on Thursday and helped two grandparents get closure in a Hillsborough County courtroom.

“While his actions profoundly changed our family, I do believe that Mr. Canada was given a harsh sentence,” said a tearful Brenda Andujar, whose 4-year-old grandson, Joshua Angel Morrow, died three days after Christmas in 2006.

“And I’d like to tell Mr. Canada that I do forgive him.”

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A day after hit-and-run defendant Melinda Shoppel sought a reduced sentence to care for her children, her family members were hit with child endangerment charges after police say they found they found drugs and drug paraphernalia scattered around their Larksville house.

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“My son was loved and touched a lot of lives. You can see as people speak highly of him,” said Deadra Swilley, Steffond’s mother.

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“Around 3 o clock I woke up. I said ‘oh he’s not here’ so I called his phone. It was off. I said ‘I’m worried about you, call me when you get this, hurry home,’” she said.

Caught, convicted, court appearance or car-on-car inDenver, Colo.; Port Angeles, Wash.; Miami Beach, Fla.; Richmond, Ky.; Dallas, Texas; Santa Clara, Cal.; Chevy Chase, Md.; Waco, Texas; Orem, Utah; Bristol, Pa.; Surprise, Az.; Pine Hills, Fla.; Columbia, Mo.; Brocton, NY; Arlington, Wash.; Miami, Fla.; Washington, DC; Columbus, Miss.

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Captain John Wilczynski with Philadelphia Police Accident Investigation Division discusses a pair of hit-and-runs that occurred April 13. (Emma Lee via WHYY)

Captain John Wilczynski with Philadelphia Police Accident Investigation Division discusses a pair of hit-and-runs that occurred April 13. (Emma Lee via WHYY)


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.

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6476. Philadelphia, Pa. April 13. 4-year-old boy fatally struck by a 2011-14 Ford Edge which fled the scene.

6477-78. Philadelphia, PA. April 13. 19-year-old woman injured and 2-year-old son killed after being struck by a white Acura Infinity which fled the scene.

6479. Mastic, NY. April 11. 34-year-old man injured when struck by a truck which fled the scene.

6480. Amherst, NY. April 12. 41-year-old man injured when struck by a maroon minivan which fled the scene.

6481. Tucson, Ariz. April 12. 57-year-old woman injured when struck by a primer-gray Honda Civic hatchback which fled the scene.

6482-83. Clarksville, Tenn. April 12. 6- and 7-year-old children injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; later located.

6484. St. Louis, Mo. April 12. Man in his 30s fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6485-86. New Haven, Ct. April 13. 4- and 5-year-old injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; later found.

6487-88. Jacksonville, Fla. April 12. 16-year-old female and 1-year-old girl injured when struck by a silver or white Dodge Charger which fled the scene.

6489. Milpitas, Cal. April 12. 30-year-old man on bicycle struck by a red 2012 Nissan Sentra which fled the scene.

6490. Colonie, NY. April 13. 54-year-old woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6491. Minneapolis, Minn. April 13. 5-year-old boy fatally struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; vehicle possibly tracked down.

6492. Vestavia Hills, Cal. April 13. Woman injured when struck by a newer-model Toyota which fled the scene.

6493. Norfolk, Va. April 11. 20-year-old man critically injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6494. St. Louis, Mo. April 14. 42-year-old man fatally struck by a Pontiac Grand Prix which fled the scene.

6495. San Antonio, Texas. April 15. Man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

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“She was one of the kindest, warmest persons I’ve ever known,” said Rosoff. “She didn’t have a mean bone in her body. She was super nice. She would help anyone.”

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MARION, Ind. (WANE) — Two K-9 units captured a man suspected of critically injuring a woman in a hit-and-run that took place in a parking lot on Monday after he fled to the Mississinewa Reservoir thanks to the help of a good Samaritan.

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The Louisville man charged in a hit-and-run that killed a 71-year-old Maryville man Wednesday removed the license plate from his vehicle after fleeing the scene, police said.

Travis Keith Garland, 21, Miser Station Road, Louisville, was arrested on charges of leaving the scene of an accident with death or injury and tampering with evidence.

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A grieving mother makes a heartfelt plea for the driver of an SUV, that seriously injured her daughter last month, to surrender to police. Detectives with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) say a red SUV hit Tanya Turman, 41, as she was walking to a bus stop Bolton Avenue and Staughton Drive on March 26th. The driver of that SUV did not stop.

Turman’s family is now having to make funeral arrangements because, they say, Turman’s injuries are so bad that she won’t survive.

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Female Suspect In South LA Hit-And-Run Leads Police On Chase That Ends With Man Reportedly Losing Leg

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SAUGATUCK TOWNSHIP, MI – State police are looking for the driver of a Jeep Wrangler that struck a bicyclist in December and left the scene.

And I quote (VII)…

Police said Ryan Carty, 27, of Cape May Court House, was walking north on Route 47 in Lower Township at 11:30 p.m. when he was struck by a vehicle that immediately fled the scene. Township police searched the area and found that someone held left a 2002 Dodge Neon with extensive damage to the windshield and hood near the Rio Grande Rite Aid store.

During the course of the investigation, Beatriz Zacualpa-Morales, 19, of West Cape May, turned herself in to Cape May police.

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Police in Denver say they have arrested a 28-year-old suspect in a hit-and-run earlier this month that left a man and his 6-year-old son — pedestrians — injured.

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — He’s a real grandma’s boy, and if there’s one thing he hates, it’s loud engines near her house, according to authorities.

The 25-year-old man who cops say hit an off-duty officer on a motorcycle Wednesday did so intentionally, law enforcement sources say, and had confronted the officer about his noisy motorcycle in the past.

And once he allegedly ran the officer off the road with his grandmother’s van, he fled back to her house in Pleasant Plains — the same house where he yelled out “Grandma, please help me!” during a bizarre November arrest involving a crossbow and another noise dispute.

Police allege that Jeffrey Pernicka, 25, knew the motorcycle-rider was a police officer, and intended to cause him serious bodily harm Wednesday afternoon. (H/T @OwenGood)

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Evidence suggests that a vehicle possibly involved in a suspected fatal hit-and-run pedestrian accident on Erie’s east side in mid-March was a Honda or an Acura, a city police traffic investigator said Monday.

And I quote (XI)…

Hit-and-run suspect found at the bar after crashing into bicyclist, police say

And I quote (XII)…

Chad Partin is still processing the shock of watching his best friend get hit by a car.

“I didn’t even get to blink my eyes and the boy was hit by a car,” Partin explained. “We’ve been friends for God knows how long. He’s like a brother to me, more than a brother.”

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FORT WORTH Detectives released additional video Tuesday of a man and woman believed to be involved in a fatal hit-and-run in March outside a strip club.

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Hit-and-run victim Rachel Gilliam

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6496. Granite City, Ill. April 19. 25-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene. (H/T @batmans_robyn)

6497. High Point, NC. April 9. 9-year-old girl injured when struck by a white vehicle which fled the scene.

6498. Pocatello, Idaho. April 17. 7-year-old boy injured when struck by an older-model white SUV which fled the scene.

6499. Los Angeles, Cal. April 15. 18-year-old woman injured when struck by a dark blue or black Honda Civic which fled the scene.

6500. Queens, NY. April 17. 88-year-old man injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6501. Utica, NY. April 17. Man injured when struck by a black Mercedes from which the driver fled the scene.

6502. Salinas, Cal. April 17. 22-year-old man injured when struck by a Jeep Cherokee which fled the scene.

6503-05. Columbus, Ohio. April 18. 3 pedestrians injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; later located.

6506-07. Sioux Falls, Iowa. April 18. 10- and 11-year-old girls injured when struck by a vehicle which fled the scene; later located.

6508. Dayton, Ohio. April 18. Pedestrian injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6509. Yonkers, NY. April 19. 37-year-old woman fatally struck by a dark sedan which fled the scene.

6510. Lake George, NY. April 19. 19-year-old woman injured when struck by a tan-colored sedan which fled the scene.

6511. Milwaukee, Wisc. April 18. 57-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6512. Rome, Ga. April 18. Bicyclist injured when struck by a teal Toyota Tacoma which fled the scene.

6513. Napa, Cal. April 18. Man injured when struck by a gray, four-door Kia sedan which fled the scene.

6514. Reno, Nev. April 19. Female on a bicycle injured when struck by a dark-green Pontiac which fled the scene.

6515. Goose Creek, SC. April 18. 25-year-old man fatally struck by a burgundy Chrysler which fled the scene.

6516. Scranton, Pa. April 20. 20-year-old woman injured when struck by a van which fled the scene.

6517. Houston, Texas. April 19. 56-year-old woman injured when struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6518. Fresno, Cal. April 19. 14-year-old boy injured when struck by a champagne-colored Toyota Camry which fled the scene.

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“She was quick to get a lawyer, but she wasn’t quick to stop and help a child. That’s not right.”

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A 2-year-old boy succumbed to his injuries days after a hit-and-run driver struck the child’s mother who was carrying the boy across a Kensington street. Hours after his death, his family delivered a message for the driver responsible for killing little David.

“Shame on you for just going right by here — hitting two innocent lives, taking one — and you’re out there like nothing,” said Diana Sanchez, cousin of the boy’s mother Josephine Rivera. “How dare you … don’t think you can hide.”

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In an Eyewitness News exclusive, angry questions are being asked by the man who convinced a fugitive, a hit-and-run driver to turn himself in, after he killed a family in Brooklyn.

Julio Acevedo was sentenced Monday to 25 years to life.

Now the friend responsible for Acevedo’s surrender is asking, where’s the reward money he was promised?

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For nearly six years, Rachel Gilliam’s killer hid in Mexico while her family awaited justice.

On Friday, the alleged hit-and-run driver stood before a Cook County judge, extradited from Mexico and charged with leaving the scene of a crash that killed 26-year-old Gilliam, a DePaul University student and beloved North Side bartender.

Carlos Castillo drank for more than four hours before getting behind the wheel and killing Gilliam in the early morning hours of Nov. 1, 2009, prosecutors said.

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Man accused in fatal hit-and-run says he’s ‘sorry.’
Jose Santiago allegedly hit woman so hard on Airport Road that he cut her in half

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GENESEE TWP, MI — Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward in a 2011 hit-and-run crash that killed a 22-year-old woman.

And I quote (VII)…

A father who left his 4-year-old son bleeding on the side of a freeway after crashing his truck was sentenced to four years behind bars on Friday.

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6519. Bridgeport, Ct. April 20. 72-year-old man critically injured when struck by a red two-door vehicle which fled the scene.

6520. Brooklyn, NY. April 21. 35-year-old woman fatally struck by a four-door dark sedan which fled the scene.

6521. Frederick, Md. April 21. Bicyclist injured when struck by a silver Honda or Hyundai which fled the scene.

6522. Beaumont, Texas. April 22. 4-year-old on bicycle injured when struck by a 2001 Ford Explorer which fled the scene; driver later arrested.

6523. Melbourne, Fla. April 23. Pedestrian injured when struck by a small white vehicle which fled the scene.

6524. Mishawaka, Ind. April 15. 23-year-old woman on bicycle injured when struck by a light-colored Dodge Nitro which fled the scene.

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The Philadelphia Police Department’s Accident Investigation Division is asking for the public’s assistance to identify and locate the suspect wanted for a fatal hit & run in Holmesburg. ***The City of Philadelphia Mayor’s Office is offering a $10,000 reward leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect responsible for this incident.*** On Tuesday, December 23, 2015, at 5:20pm, Unit #1, an unknown black truck was traveling north on the 8100 block of State Road when it struck the victim, a 33 year-old female, while she was crossing the street west towards the bus stop. After striking the victim the truck fled and was last seen north on State Road. The victim was transported to Aria-Torresdale Hospital by Medic #38 with critical injuries and was later pronounced at 6:38pm. The victim was identified as Theresa M. Pozzi, a 33 year-old female from the 6xx block of Kimball Street.

Suspect Description: Unknown person(s) operating a black colored truck.
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.

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EVANS, N.Y. (WIVB) — A fatal hit-and-run which claimed the life of an Evans resident is still the subject of police investigation more than a year later.

Police are looking for information that might help bring to justice the person who killed 52-year-old Barry Moss by hitting him with a vehicle. Town of Evans Police Department officials say they have a suspect in the case, but they’re looking for additional information and any witnesses to come forward.

And I quote (IV)…

Ridley Park Mayor Hank Eberle, at borough council’s April 21 meeting, presented citations of merit to two borough police officers for their work in apprehending two people responsible for a hit-and-run accident on Chester Pike in April 2013 that resulted in the loss of a leg of the victim. The two defendants were convicted of the crimes in February.

And I quote (V)…

Alerts about hit-and-runs and kidnappings in Los Angeles will be popping up soon on the traffic app Waze, along with road closure information, as part of a data-sharing partnership with the company, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Tuesday.

And I quote (VI)…

A private investigator looking into the death of a 27-year-old Orlando woman found slain last year in Cocoa Beach said he thinks he has identified the person who was last to see her alive.

And I quote (VII)…

Phenix City Police are conducting multiple investigations involving the April 2 hit-and-run death of a Phenix City cyclist, according to Chief Ray Smith.

Sean Kevin Rey died Saturday at Midtown Medical Center in Columbus, more than two weeks after he was struck twice while riding his bicycle in the 3600 block of Summerville Road. Rey was buried Thursday.

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ST. LOUIS • Brendan Staub is big on following rules.

The simplicity of action-and-consequence helps him navigate life with a mysterious neurological disorder that has robbed him of some comprehension skills.

That’s why, every day since April 7, the 19-year-old keeps reliving the moment when he and his father, Mark Staub, were struck by a hit-and-run vehicle near the Scottrade Center after a St. Louis Blues game.

Police are still searching for the driver of the red pickup with Illinois license plates.


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OAKLAND, Calif. (KTVU) – The family of a popular KPFA radio personality killed in a hit-and-run is looking for answers.

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BELLINGHAM — A Bellingham man was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday, April 23, for a hit and run that has left a mother of three unable to speak or walk.

Early Nov. 24, 2013, as the bars were letting out on a weekend in downtown Bellingham, Emma Lee Briceno crossed East Chestnut Street at Railroad Avenue. A black 2002 Lincoln sedan headed east, uphill, and swiped a Nissan Coupe in the intersection.

Then the Lincoln hit Briceno. She smashed into the windshield and fell to the asphalt. Briceno, 27, survived but suffered severe injuries to her skull, spine and brain. The driver continued on Chestnut, smacking the Lincoln into a Ford F-350 parallel-parked alongside the Herald Building. The car then drove off.

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MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) — Investigators revealed new details in the case of a Merced 3-year-old boy who died last fall. Merced police now say it was no random hit-and-run case. They say the child was hit and killed by his mother’s boyfriend.

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1-year-old Kyree Kelly was in a stroller when a hit-and-run driver knocked him to the ground.

1-year-old Kyree Kelly was in a stroller when a hit-and-run driver knocked him to the ground.


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6525. Dorchester, Mass. April 25. 4-year-old boy injured when struck by a gray Audi which fled the scene.

6526. South Strabane, Pa. April 22. Man in his 20s injured when struck by a white four-door sedan which fled the scene.

6527-28. Antioch, Cal. April 24. 10- and 11-year-old boys on bicycles injured when struck by a silver Chrysler Concorde which fled the scene.

6529. Miami-Dade, Fla. April 26. Man in his 40s fatally struck by a dark-colored vehicle which fled the scene.

6530. Austin, Texas. April 26. Pedestrian fatally struck by an unknown vehicle(s) which fled the scene.

6531. Gastonia, NC. April 26. 28-year-old woman fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6532. Birch Run Twp., Mich. April 26. 24-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6533. Greenville, SC. April 26. 7-year-old injured when struck by a black Mercedes SUV which fled the scene.

6534. Slaton, Texas. April 26. Man fatally struck by a dark SUV which fled the scene.

6535. Cassopolis, Ind. April 26. 25-year-old man fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle which fled the scene.

6536. Honolulu, Hi. April 26. Elderly woman critically injured when struck by a dark blue or black sedan which fled the scene.

6537. Boston, Mass. April 25. Child injured when struck by a gray Audi which fled the scene.

6538. Huntington Beach, Cal. April 28. 85-year-old woman injured when struck by a newer model, charcoal gray Dodge Challenger which fled the scene.

6539. Hanover Twp., Pa. April 28. Man injured when struck by a dark red minivan which fled the scene.

6540. Tangipahoa Parish, La. April 27. Pedestrian fatally struck by an Altima which fled the scene.

6541. Fulton County, Ga. April 28. 40-year-old man fatally struck by a Chevrolet which fled the scene.

6542. Houston, Texas. April 27. 61-year-old man fatally struck by a silver Dodge which fled the scene.

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Coral Gables Police say they’ve made an arrest in a fatal hit and run crash that happened in March.

Police say they’ve arrested and charged Juan Carlos Redero with three felonies, including tampering with evidence and leaving the scene of a crash causing death.

And I quote (II)…

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The family of a 47-year-old woman mowed down by a speeding hit-and-run driver five years ago on a Stapleton street while trying to fix her disabled vehicle, has settled its wrongful-death lawsuit for $250,000.


And I quote
(III)…

FORT WORTH A man and a woman have been arrested on murder warrants, accused of fatally injuring a 28-year-old man by running him down with an SUV last month outside a north Fort Worth strip club.

Khristopher Jason Liserio, 31, was arrested Friday afternoon at a west Fort Worth apartment complex.

He was being booked into the Mansfield Jail on Friday, with bail set at $75,000 in the murder case. He was also to be held without bail on a parole violation warrant.

His girlfriend, Emmy Dawn Furr, 19, was arrested Wednesday night and remained in the Mansfield Jail, with bail set at $25,000.

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Police said they found 36-year-old Marsha Santoro hiding in a shallow hole where she had tried to cover herself with dirt.

Around 6 p.m. Friday, police said Santoro was driving northbound on North 22nd Street when a child riding a Big Wheel rolled out of a driveway and Santoro hit the child.

Witnesses told officers Santoro attempted to drive away, but when that didn’t work, she got out of her Ford F-150 pickup and walked off toward Washougal River Road, according to police.

Police said a K-9 unit tracked Santoro to the hole that she was hiding in. When officers gave Santoro a warning, she surrendered, according to police.

And I quote (V)…

The family and friends of two men hit by an unidentified vehicle April 18, killing one and injuring the other, are encouraging the driver responsible to turn himself in and asking the public to call police with any information about the accident.

“If he could at least come forward,” said Diane Swafford, the wife of Terry “Wayne” Swafford, who died from his injuries. “If somebody knows any information — there’s no leads at all.”

As they did many nights a week, Swafford, 32, and his brother-in-law Jason Cable, 40, were riding their bikes home from work around 3 a.m. that Saturday.

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“News that I had taken a life shook me to my core. Finding out he was my age destroyed me,” Mannix said, crying and pausing for a few seconds. “Not a day has passed that I never thought about Alex.”

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(CNN) One of the biggest stars in mixed martial arts is wanted for questioning after a hit-and-run crash in New Mexico.

Jon “Bones” Jones, the reigning UFC light heavyweight champion, is considered a suspect in a hit-and-run accident Sunday morning, Albuquerque police confirmed to CNN Sports.

According to the police report, a silver SUV made an illegal turn at a red light, hitting a passing car and knocking that car into a third vehicle. The police report says witnesses saw a man exit the silver SUV and flee on foot. Witnesses reported that the man then returned to the SUV where he “grabbed a large hand full of cash,” which he shoved into his pants before jumping a fence and running away.

And I quote (VIII)…

MENTOR, OH – In the end, it was the license plate that gave her away.

Mentor police solved a hit and run crash on Saturday all because of a license plate imprint left on the van that was hit.

And I quote (IX)…

Police have made an arrest in the hit-and-run collision that injured three bicyclists near Alamo Square earlier this month, Officer Grace Gatpandan said Tuesday.

Bianca Lopez, a 25-year-old Fremont resident, reportedly surrendered to police Friday after she was publicly identified as the suspect.

Lopez is accused of driving a black Jeep Cherokee that rammed another vehicle near the intersection of Fell and Scott streets about 5:40 p.m. April 2. The Jeep then fled south on Scott Street, but in the northbound lane, striking three bicyclists — one of whom was thrown at least 20 feet.

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“If I had taken one more step, just been out a little further, my children would be dead,” Nikita said. “That was wrong. You hit a child. If you hit a child, you’re supposed to stop and make sure they’re OK at least. It showed me he didn’t care.”

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UPDATE: Driver has been located; fled because of fear.

On Wednesday night, 22-year-old Temple University senior Rachel Hall was riding her bicycle near the North Philadelphia campus when she was struck by a Mitsubishi Gallant and critically injured just a week before graduation.

Her father tells Action News Hall is a senior, set to graduate from the university next week. She was a goalkeeper for Temple’s lacrosse team, majored in Criminal Justice and hopes to become a police officer one day.

According to police, she was taken to Temple U. Hospital in “extremely critical condition with head and leg injuries.” That sounds just about as far from good as possible.

The car was later recovered. The driver was not.

If you can, help police track down a hit-and-run coward.

NON FATAL AUTO VS. BICYCLE LEAVING THE SCENE PARK AND DIAMOND STREETS. ON TODAYS DATE AT APROX. 7:25 PM UNIT # 1 WAS TRAVELING W/B ON DIAMOND WHEN IT DID STRIKE A BICYCLIST THAT WAS TRAVELING S/B ON PARK AVE. WHEN SHE ENTERED THE INTERSECTION , WAS HIT AND DID GET THROWN FROM THE BICYCLE LANDING ON THE HIGHWAY. UNIT #1 FROM WITNESSES HAD 3 YOUNG BLACK MALES INSIDE. UNIT #1 DID THEN FLEE THE SCENE W/B ON DIAMOND THEN NORTH ON BROAD STREET WITH POSSIBLE FRONT END AND WINSHIELD DAMAGE. INJURED BICYCLIST WAS TRANSPORTED TO TEMPLE HOSPITAL EXTREME CRITICAL CONDITION WITH HEAD AND LEG INJURIES

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