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Tuesday, December 31, 2013Area:
New York, NYA 29-year-old man was killed after a hit-and-run driver blew a stop sign and crashed into his car early Wednesday in Staten Island, cops said. Felipe Avila was driving a 1996 Toyota Celica north along Lafayette Ave. in New Brighton when a white 2003 Volvo S80 going east on Cassidy Place didn’t stop and slammed into him just after 5 a.m. Wednesday, cops said. The Volvo’s driver then slammed into a parked Dodge SUV. The driver stopped only to ditch his ride and run away. Avila died en route to Richmond University Medical Center, cops said.
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013Area:
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FLThe Florida Highway Patrol has arrested a Zephyr Hills man and three of his family members in connection with a head-on hit-and-run crash that sent a Pasco County Sheriff's Office deputy to the hospital.
Deputy Darren Hill, 29, of Wesley Chapel was seriously injured when his cruiser was hit by a F-150 Ford truck in Wesley Chapel area early Wednesday morning, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.
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Monday, December 30, 2013Police are looking for the driver of an SUV that struck and injured a woman walking on the street on Tuesday morning in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District and then drove away.
Police said a black SUV struck the woman at Turk and Leavenworth Streets at around 9:45 a.m..
The woman was transported to San Francisco General Hospital.
The extent of her injuries were not reported.
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Saturday, December 28, 2013Area:
Riverside, CAAuthorities found a bicyclist lying in the roadway at the intersection of Calimesa Boulevard and Singleton Road. According to witnesses, the bicyclist was traveling southbound and a vehicle crossed the divider and struck the bicyclist head on. The victim's name has been identified as Banning area resident Phil Richards.
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Friday, December 27, 2013Area:
New York, NYGreenwich policed are investigating a hit-and-run that killed a Middlebury woman Saturday morning.
The 21-year-old student was struck around 2:00 a.m. in the William Street parking lot. Police said the driver stopped briefly and then fled scene in a red sedan.
Investigators said the car is low to the ground with chrome wheels and may have possible front-end damage.
The suspect is described as a male with short brown buzzed cut hair and tan with brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a long sleeved shirt with a gold chain and cross.
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Friday, December 27, 2013Area:
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FLA 20-year-old Bay area man was seriously injured Saturday morning when he was hit by a vehicle while walking along Bee Ridge Rd. in Sarasota.
David Adam Cornell was transported to Sarasota Memorial Hospital where he is listed in serious condition.
According to a Florida Highway Patrol report the incident occurred just after 5 a.m. just west of Center Gate Blvd. Investigators say Cornell, a Sarasota resident, was walking on the sidewalk when the unidentified vehicle left the roadway, went up on the sidewalk and hit him.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013Area:
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FLInvestigators with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office are gathering information in a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred late Friday in Seffner.
A 25-year-old Texas man was found dead on the side of South Parsons Ave., approximately ¼-mile south of Old East Hillsborough Ave. Thomas Dean Woods had been hit by a vehicle.
According to a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office report a motorist passing by called 9-1-1 just after midnight to report a man laying in the grass.
Deputies determined Woods died as the result of a hit-and run and quickly blocked all traffic in the area.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013Area:
Los Angeles, CAPregerson was found in bushes on the side of the road on the 600 block of Chautauqua Boulevard around 3:20 a.m. Police say the victim was walking home when he was hit by a car and thrown into the bushes. The driver fled the scene. Pregerson was transported to a hospital in critical condition and he later died of his injuries. Friends say the victim was a budding filmmaker and recent UCLA graduate.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013Area:
San Diego, CASan Diego police were looking Friday for a hit-and-run driver who struck two women on a morning walk in University City.
The women were walking along Stresemann Street, near Governor Drive, about 6 a.m. when they passed a parked older-model red pickup, police said. Moments later, the truck struck them from behind and the driver kept going.
Paramedics took the women to two hospitals. The extent of their injuries was not immediately known.
Police said the pickup might be a Toyota and may have damage to the front.
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013Area:
Las Vegas, NVA 15-year-old boy driving a moped was killed in a hit-and-run crash in the northeast valley Thursday night.
Alex Martinez and a 20-year-old male passenger were traveling west on Meikle Lane about 8:20 p.m. when the accident occurred. They were crossing Ringe Lane, near Nellis and Lake Mead boulevards where they were struck by an unknown vehicle, according to Las Vegas police.
Both Martinez and the passenger on the moped were thrown onto the road. The operator of the vehicle that hit them did not stop or call the police.