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Wednesday, January 8, 2014Area:
Los Angeles, CAPolice are looking for a female driver who crashed into a jogger near the entrance of Loyola Marymount University on Thursday.
The crash happened around 4:15 a.m. at Lincoln Boulevard and LMU Drive. Police say the driver of a light-colored older-model Buick struck a light pole before hitting the jogger, a man in his 60s who is believed to be an area resident.
According to police, the jogger rolled on the hood of the car and smashed into the windshield. He was transported to the hospital in critical condition.
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Monday, January 6, 2014Area:
San Diego, CAPolice say four people were injured late Tuesday night following a hit-and-run crash in the Bankers Hill area of San Diego.
The wreck occurred at 10:30 p.m. at the corner of 5th Avenue and Laurel Street, a San Diego Police Department official said.
Witnesses stated that a white Jaguar slammed into two vehicles waiting at a stop light at 5th Avenue then sped off westbound on Laurel Street, leaving a trail of radiator fluid behind.
Some of the witnesses followed the suspect vehicle and called police, until the Jaguar came to a sputtering halt on the 2400 block of Brant Street.
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Monday, January 6, 2014Two westbound lanes of Interstate 80 were closed for hours after a pedestrian was hit and killed.
The incident happened on the freeway near Enterprise Boulevard in West Sacramento. Investigators say the pedestrian was hit by multiple vehicles and ended up 100 feet west of where he was first struck. They are treating the incident as a hit and run crash.
Police have not identified the body.
A disabled vehicle with dealer plates was found parked to the side of the freeway about a mile east of the Harbor Boulevard exit. Police have not said whether that vehicle was driven by the pedestrian.
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Saturday, January 4, 2014Area:
San Diego, CAA San Diego Gas & Electric utility truck was the vehicle involved in a hit-and-run-crash in El Cajon that left a homeless man dead, police said Friday.
The victim, Robert Fisher, 54, was crossing Jamacha Road south of East Main Street outside of a crosswalk about 10 p.m. Monday when he was run over by the truck, police said.
A few minutes later Fisher, who was lying in the roadway, was also struck by a 2003 Hyundai Sonata whose driver pulled over, police said.
Fisher died of blunt force trauma to the head, neck and torso, the county Medical Examiner’s Office said.
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Saturday, January 4, 2014Area:
Philadelphia, PAPolice in Upper Darby are searching for a suspect involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident Sunday evening that left a 69-year old man and his dog dead.
The Upper Darby Police Superintendent says Richard Patterson was walking his pet poodle when they were both struck on Providence Road near Arbor Lea Road around 5:30pm:
“Apparently he was either dragged, or thrown by the vehicle, at least 60 or 70 feet. He was dead on the scene, and the dog was also dead" said police.
There are very few details available, and only one witness to the fatal accident.
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Thursday, January 2, 2014Area:
Baltimore, MDThe search is on in Baltimore for the driver who struck and killed a pedestrian.
Police say the driver hit an unidentified woman along Pulaski Highway and 62nd Street around 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Medics pronounced her dead at the scene.
Investigators are looking for a dark-colored pickup truck that has heavy front end damage.
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Thursday, January 2, 2014Area:
Detroit, MIThe hunt is on for a driver who is wanted in a deadly hit-and-run accident.
Detroit Police say a 56-year-old man was crossing the street at Van Dyke and 7 Mile Friday evening when he was hit.
Investigators are looking for a Dodge - possibly a black charger with front-end damage.
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Thursday, January 2, 2014Area:
Honolulu, HIA 94-year-old man was rushed to the hospital after he was hit by a vehicle in Kaimuki, according to Honolulu police.
The incident happened at about 7:40 a.m. Friday on Waialae Avenue near 5th Avenue.
According to police, the victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
Police say the driver of the vehicle fled the scene.
Officers closed Waialae Avenue near 5th Avenue while they continued their investigation. The area was reopened at about 10 a.m.
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014Area:
Houston, TXHarris County sheriff's deputies are looking for the pickup truck involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash.
Investigators say around 8 p.m. Wednesday evening, a mother and son were trying to cross Woodforest Boulevard near Grassmont, east of I-10 and the Beltway.
The son, in his 20s, made it across safely, but when the mother tried to cross, she was hit by an oncoming truck.
"He [son] told his mother to come on across the road, as she was coming across the road the truck sped up and struck the female," said a deputy with the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
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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.