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Tuesday, March 18, 2014Area:
Boston, MABoston police have located the car believed to have been involved in a hit-and-run crash in the Back Bay that critically injured a pedestrian and snarled traffic during the morning commute today, authorities said.
The victim, who was an adult male, was transported to Boston Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, police said in a statement.
Officers responded to the MBTA Massachusetts Avenue station at 6:02 a.m. to investigate reports of a person struck by a car, according to Officer Rachel McGuire, a police spokeswoman.
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Monday, March 17, 2014Area:
Las Vegas, NVThe intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Windmill Lane has reopened to traffic after being closed for nearly seven hours because of a fatal crash that left two people dead.
The crash occurred around 1:15 a.m. According to police, the driver of pickup truck was speeding southbound on Las Vegas Boulevard and rear-ended a moped stopped at a red light. Both people on the moped were thrown more than 100 feet. One person died at the scene and the other died at University Medical Center. A third car was also hit by the vehicles.
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Monday, March 17, 2014Area:
Hartford & New Haven, CTAn 8-year-old New Haven girl is in the pediatric emergency department at Yale-New Haven Hospital after being struck in a hit-and-run this morning.
Police said the girl was struck by a white van at Ferry and Pine streets just before 7:30 a.m. Neighbors ran to held and the driver fled the scene.
The girl was running into a daycare when she was struck, according to a man who said he knows the victim.
Hector Rivera said the girl had run across the street to ask a bus driver if that was her bus. When the bus driver said no, the girl started running back to the daycare and was struck.
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Saturday, March 15, 2014Concord police were looking for the driver of a pickup truck involved in a fatal hit-and-run that happened on Sunday night.
Officers responded to a report that a vehicle had hit a pedestrian in the area of Willow Pass Road near Fifth Street around 11:40 p.m., police said.
A pickup truck traveling east on Willow Pass Road left the roadway, hit a pedestrian walking west on the sidewalk and fled the scene, police said.
Arriving officers found the victim deceased on the roadway, according to police.
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Saturday, March 15, 2014Area:
Trenton-NJPolice in Camden County are investigating a series of crashes that left one man dead and police searching for a hit-and-run driver.
It all began shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday on the Admiral Wilson Boulevard near Lee Avenue in Pennsauken.
According to investigators, Victor Gutierrez, 31, was struck and killed by a white van.
The driver of that van, Ronale Thomas of Brockton Massachusetts, got out of the vehicle to check on Gutierrez, police say, but was hit by another car.
The driver of that car fled the scene.
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Friday, March 14, 2014Area:
Denver, COA man believed to have driven a car into the side of a Peerless Tire store has turned himself in to Broomfield Police.
Early Saturday morning, a witness saw a white Toyota Camry had been driven into the side of the building at 11985 Teller St., causing several thousand dollars in damage that included a gaping hole on the west side of the building.
A man was seen getting out of the car and walking away. Officers searched the area, but the driver was not found.
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Friday, March 14, 2014Area:
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TXA man has been arrested after police say he hit a woman with his car, killing her, around 10 p.m. Saturday in the 4300 block of Berke St. at Seminary Road.
Officers received a call regarding a woman laying in the roadway near the Southgate Manor apartments, and discovered she had been hit by car upon arrival.
The woman, who has only been identified as 52 years old, was transported to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead.
The man who police say hit the woman with his car has been identified as Pedro Garcia, 33.
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Friday, March 14, 2014Area:
New Orleans, LAA man died after his motorcycle burst into flames in an accident Saturday night in Marrero.
At 5:38 p.m. Saturday, officers responded to a motorcycle accident at the intersection of Silverlily Lane and Fourth Street.
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said the driver of a 2007 Suzuki motorcycle, who was identified as 28-year-old Mario Ginorio of Westwego, was traveling eastbound on Fourth Street when the accident occurred.
Ginorio's motorcycle struck a 2006 Ford box truck, which was being driven by 47-year-old Patrick Derrick Lee of Harvey, investigators said.
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Friday, March 14, 2014Wyoming Police are asking for your help in finding the driver and vehicle that hit a bicyclist Saturday morning.
Around 7:22 a.m., Wyoming Police were called out to the 600 block of 36th Street SW. When they arrived on scene, they determined a bicyclist was involved in a hit and run accident.
Police believe the 52-year-old male victim was riding his bike on 36th Street SW when a vehicle going westbound struck the victim.
The victim was taken to a Grand Rapids hospital and is currently in critical condition.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014Area:
Houston, TXAuthorities are searching for a person of interest wanted in connection to a hit-and-run crash in League City.
League City police said a man was riding a bicycle when he was hit by a car around 2:30 a.m. Thursday in the 1900 block of E. Marina Bay Drive.
Another driver called 911 and stayed at the scene until emergency crews arrive, police said.
Officials said the 45-year-old man, later identified as Kevin Munson, was taken to Clear Lake Regional where he later died. His name was not immediately released pending family notification.