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John Spray, 33, arrested for DWI after hit-and-run crash in parking lot on Vineyard Drive in Dunkirk, New York

Date:

Friday, January 31, 2014

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A South Dakota man was arrested for driving while intoxicated following a hit-and-run accident early today, according to state police from the Fredonia barracks. Troopers say John Spray, 33, drove into the back of another vehicle coming out of the Applebee’s on Vineyard Drive at about 12:10 a.m. He fled the scene but didn’t get far and was found by troopers at the Comfort Inn hotel across the street. Spray was arrested after failing field sobriety tests and testing at the state police station found his blood alcohol level was 0.14 percent, well above the legal limit of 0.08 percent.

Evelina Martin Brown, 20, Sarah McCausland, 19, students at Bard College, killed after being struck by hit-and-run driver on Route 9G and Broadway in Tivoli, New York

Date:

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Area:

New York, NY

A woman is under arrest after a hit and run accident that killed two Bard College students Friday night in the Dutchess County village of Tivoli. It happened at about 11:50 p.m. in the area of Route 9G and Broadway. Investigators say the students were among three people hit while they were walking northbound on 9G. The victims have been identified as 20-year old Evelina Martin Brown of Seattle, Washington and 19-year old Sarah McCausland of Winnetka, Illinois. The vehicle involved left the scene and was located by deputies a short time later, according to police.

Person struck and slightly injured by hit-and-run driver in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Date:

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Area:

Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA

Penbrook police are searching for a suspect in a hit-and-run that occurred early Friday along Market Street Road. A vehicle hit a pedestrian around 5 a.m. and caused that person to suffer an arm injury. The pedestrian was transported to an area hospital for treatment, police said. The striking vehicle left one of its mirrors at the scene of the incident as it drove off, according to police.

Mario Sgroia, 53, seriously injured, taken to hospital, after being struck by hit-and-run car on Glades Road in Boca Raton, Florida

Date:

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Area:

West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, FL

A 24-year-old Broward County man has been identified as the driver in a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a 53-year-old bicyclist Friday morning, city police said. Traffic homicide investigators said Jeffrey Camenzuli of Coral Springs was driving a 2013 Kia shortly before 5 a.m. when he struck a man riding a bicycle. The crash happened in the 6300 block of Glades Road, near Jog Road, police said. The injured bicyclist was identified as Mario Sgroia of Boca Raton. He was rushed to Delray Medical Center with serious injuries.

Seamus O’Bryan killed, passenger injured after their motorcycle is struck by hit-and-run driver on University Avenue in San Diego, California

Date:

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Area:

San Diego, CA

The motorcyclist killed in a hit-run accident in North Park early Friday was the prop master for the Old Globe theater, officials there said. Seamus O’Bryan, 32, who also worked at La Jolla Playhouse, died after the 12:35 a.m. collision. A passenger on his bike, a 31-year-old man whose name was not released, was hospitalized with several injuries, San Diego police said. Police had only a vague description of the hit-and-run driver as a male in a white or cream-colored four-door sedan, probably a Cadillac.

Matthew James Helmick, 35, killed by hit-and-run driver on West Maryland Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona

Date:

Monday, January 27, 2014

Area:

Phoenix, AZ

A man is in custody in connection with a fatal hit-and-run accident in Phoenix. Darren Darnelle Hanson, 21, called police about 35 minutes after Tuesday night's accident and turned himself in, officers said. Hanson is being held on suspicion of leaving the scene of a fatal collision. Investigators said Matthew James Helmick, 35, was crossing in the area of 2300 West Maryland Avenue about 7 p.m. when he was struck by a car, which left the scene. Police said Helmick was transported to a hospital, where he died from his injuries. The case remains under investigation.

Tow truck driver in critical condition after being struck by hit-and-run driver in San Bernardino County, California

Date:

Monday, January 27, 2014

Area:

San Bernardino, CA

A tow truck driver was critically injured after a hit-and-run driver slammed into him on the side of the road in Bloomington. The incident occurred shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday when a tow truck driver with Aslan Towing out of Riverside was called to pick up a yellow Chevy Camaro on a bridge over rail road tracks near the 10200 block of Cedar Avenue. The road is very narrow and has no shoulder. As the tow truck driver was putting the Camaro onto the flat bed of his truck, California Highway Patrol officials say someone driving a silver Nissan Altima slammed into him at high speed.

Angel Mikki Larouge, 47, in serious condition after being struck by two hit-and-run vehicles in Broward County, Florida

Date:

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Area:

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL

Police are looking for two drivers who struck a pedestrian in Hollywood in a crash that was caught on camera. The incident happened just after 8 p.m. Monday at the intersection of State Road 7/U.S. 441 and Hollywood Boulevard, police said. The victim was struck by a white older model Ford Expedition or SUV, then struck by a silver Hyundai Elantra. Both of the vehicles fled the scene, police said. Video of the incident released by police Wednesday shows the moments just before the first impact. It also shows the Ford at a nearby gas station.

Driver of truck arrested for DUI after two car hit-and-run crash on Interstate 95 in Palm Beach County, Florida

Date:

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Area:

West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, FL

The Florida Highway Patrol arrested a driver in an overnight hit-and-run crash on Interstate 95 South. A driver hit a car at about 1:15 a.m. Monday on I-95, just north of Linton Boulevard in Delray Beach. FHP said no one was seriously hurt, but the truck connected to the crash was later found. The driver was arrested and charged with DUI and fleeing the scene of an accident. FHP has not released the name of the person facing charges.

Jose Arturo Soria-Gonazles arrested for DUI after hit-and-run car crash leaves two people with minor injuries in Tempe, Arizona

Date:

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Area:

Phoenix, AZ

Two people were injured during a hit-and-run collision early Monday morning in Tempe that led to the arrest of one suspect, according to Tempe police. Officers were called to the area near University Drive and Loop 101 shortly after 12:30 a.m. Monday after receiving reports that a pickup truck had collided with a Corvette, and that the truck’s driver had fled on foot, said a Tempe police spokeswoman.