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Saturday, March 29, 2014Area:
Madison, WIA Madison boy was taken to a hospital Sunday night after being struck by a car while he was riding his bike.
Madison police said the boy is believed to be 7-years-old and was struck when he pedaled out of a driveway and into the 1500 block of Trailsway.
The boy’s injuries appear to be non-life-threatening.
The car that struck the boy is described as a white Nissan.
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Friday, March 28, 2014Area:
Washington, DCD.C. Police are searching for the driver of a stolen minivan who struck a 22-year-old D.C. woman in the Shaw neighborhood Saturday night, severely injuring her.
The woman was crossing Rhode Island Avenue around 9:30 p.m. when she was struck by the van. Her injuries were so massive that she wasn't expected to survive at first.
She has now regained consciousness and spoke by phone from her hospital bed.
"After he hit me, he ran over me again, and I became unconscious. I know I felt afterward, 'I am dying,'" said the woman, who asked that her name not be used.
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Friday, March 28, 2014A driver who crashed into several parked vehicles in North Berkeley, then fled the scene as his car burned, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and hit and run just after 9:30 Saturday morning, authorities said.
Authorities identified the driver as Geoffrey Cronin, 42, of Berkeley. Cronin was arrested last year in connection with a knife assault and police chase in Berkeley in August.
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Friday, March 28, 2014Area:
Washington, DCPolice are looking for information leading up to the arrest of a driver involved in a fatal hit and run early Saturday morning.
Crews responded to the 4900 block of Annapolis Road in Bladensburg just before 1 a.m. for a pedestrian accident.
There, they found 42-year-old William Altamirano of West Palm Beach critically injured. Altamirano was transported to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
Police say Altamirano was likely crossing Annapolis Road when he was struck by a white pickup truck traveling westbound. Altamirano did not use a crosswalk, according to police.
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Thursday, March 27, 2014Area:
San Diego, CAA suspected drunken driver has been arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter in the death of a 27-year-old woman who was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Del Mar, authorities said Saturday.
Rachel Anne Morrison and a friend were walking eastbound in a crosswalk at the intersection of Camino Del Mar and Coast Boulevard about 10:15 p.m. Friday when Christopher Stockmeyer, 41, allegedly ran a stop sign and struck her at a high rate of speed, according to sheriff's officials and the county Medical Examiner's Office.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014Area:
New York, NYThe family of a little boy who was the victim of a hit-and-run while crossing Koenig Boulevard Thursday is asking for privacy and thanking friends for their support. Amir Russ, 2, was at the intersection near Spring Brook Village in Kingston just after 10 p.m. when he was struck. The driver sped off, but witnesses reported seeing a dark-colored vehicle pulling away from the scene and traveling southbound on Koenig toward Port Ewen. Amir was upgraded from critical to serious condition Friday night, according to a spokesman at Westchester Medical Center.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014An Orlando man has been arrested after police say he struck and killed a pedestrian Wednesday night.
According to the arrest affidavit, police responded to a hit-and-run tip at 11:53 p.m. Wednesday, where they found a woman lying in the middle lane of South Kirkman Road. The victim was transported to the Orlando Regional Medical Center for life-threatening injuries, and was pronounced dead around 3:30 a.m. Thursday.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014Area:
Trenton-NJA woman and two children were hospitalized after being struck by an alleged hit-and-run driver in South Jersey this morning.
After striking the trio at Line Street and S 5th Street in Camden, the driver of the other car fled, according to Camden County Police.
The unidentified woman and the children were taken to Cooper University Hospital to be check out after they complained of pain, according to authorities.
Police didn't reveal the extent of the victims' injuries.
The victims were put in an ambulance and as police investigated a flipped over vehicle.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014An Alamo man riding his bicycle was fatally struck by a car in Solano County near the border to Yolo County on Wednesday evening, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The 71-year-old man, later identified as Dan Taylor, was bicycling east on Putah Creek Road about one mile east of Interstate Highway 505 shortly before 5 p.m., the CHP said.
He was riding a timed interval race through a long stretch of road that runs between orchards in the area, according to the CHP.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014Area:
Houston, TXA woman is in the hospital after a hit-and-run crash on Highway 6 in northwest Harris County.
According to Harris County deputies, the 30-year-old victim was trying to cross the intersection at Kieth Harrow Boulevard early Wednesday morning when the vehicle hit her.
Officials say the driver did not stop.
Deputies said Life Flight airlifted the victim to Memorial Hermann Hospital in serious, but stable condition. She’s expected to survive.
Investigators do not have a description of the wanted vehicle.