A woman was found dead on the street on Monday in what Arizona police are investigating as a hit-and-run. Sally Alcaraz Rodriguez, 75, was found deceased on a road in Tucson. Police, who noted that her personal property was discovered west of her body, said they are unsure where exactly the fatal collision occurred, according …
A New Jersey teen accused of intentionally plowing into and killing two teen girls may face trial as an adult. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police arrested the 17-year-old male on two counts of first-degree murder Monday, in connection with the deaths of Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas, both 17. The victims were riding electronic bikes …
A 24-year-old Florida woman was arrested last week for a fatal hit-and-run earlier this month in Lakeland. Aliya Cruz was arrested on Friday and charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving death, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said. The sheriff’s office said a 911 caller reported a woman lying in the middle of …
An hours-long manhunt in a South Carolina island community ended on a boat late Thursday afternoon when police captured the suspect accused of ramming his vehicle into a group of people — two of them children — earlier in the day. Police used drones, helicopters and door to door searches to find the man they …
Local UK residents in Wear Midlands claim reckless teen male drivers are plaguing the road where a 2-year-old boy was killed in a hit-and-run involving a stolen Porsche. According to DailyMail, the fatal crash occurred Saturday on Dartmouth Road in Smethwick, West Midlands. A toddler lost his life, and four adults were hospitalized, including a …
A 24-year-old driver for Amazon’s delivery service has been arrested following a deadly hit-and-run in north Georgia last week. Cherokee County investigators say London Best struck 79-year-old Sandra Fitts as she left a cemetery in the area, WAGA reported. Investigators found evidence — a vehicle part in the roadway — indicating she was hit by …
DNA from a 34-year-old marijuana joint helped identify the suspect in a 1989 hit-and-run death in Charlotte, North Carolina. The News & Observer reports that on December 29, 1989, Ruth Buchanan, 52, was crossing the street in a crosswalk at North Tryon Street and Fifth Street when she was struck by a driver who ran …
A father of two died Saturday after a car thief ran over him with his own vehicle when he tried to grab onto it. Prince William County Police said Jose Vasquez Galvan, 37, was picking up a package from the leasing office of his gated community in Dumfries, Virginia, at about 7 p.m., WRC reported. …
Two children were hospitalized Saturday after they were struck by a car in the Jacobs neighborhood of southwestern Louisville, Kentucky. Louisville Metro Police spokesperson Aaron Ellis said officers were called to the scene just before 3:30 p.m. after a car hit a 7-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, WAVE reported. Witnesses said the car was …
South Florida police are searching for a boat that struck and killed a 15-year-old girl after she fell off her wakeboard in Biscayne Bay Saturday afternoon. Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission officials said Ella Riley Adler was in the water wearing a lifejacket, with her board attached to her feet when she was struck …
A Florida man was arrested this week after he was involved in not one but two hit-and-run crashes, including one in which he killed a Bartow High School student while fleeing the first accident. Edgardo Joel Rosado Perez, 41, was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal crash, according to the Lakeland Ledger. The …
On Tuesday, Florida police arrested a man who allegedly struck and killed a USPS worker a day earlier. The Tampa Bay Times reported that Christopher Prater, 56, borrowed a car without permission before striking a postal truck driven by Paul Falica, 69. Witnesses reportedly saw a Mercedes driving away after Falica’s truck was overturned. Falica …
