An Iowa driver has been charged with murder and animal neglect after he slammed his truck into a woman walking her dog, killing both before speeding off. Police say Jason Robert Sassman, 49, was driving a pickup truck at a high rate of speed in northwest Des Moines shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday, according to …
A Minnesota man was sentenced to 54 years on Tuesday for the hit-and-run crash that killed three Girl Scouts and one of the girls’ mothers as they picked up trash along a highway in November 2018. The Leader-Telegram reported that Colten Treu, 23, was sentenced to 11 years for each death — Jayna Kelley, 9; …
Multiple vehicles reportedly failed to stop after striking and killing a Pennsylvania woman on Monday morning. WCAU reported that Alexandra Ridgway, 29, was fatally hit at around 3:30 a.m. while walking on or trying to cross Route 1 between Interstate 295 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Middletown Township. Police said none of the drivers who …
A California man was taken into custody a day after he allegedly fatally ran over his ex-girlfriend multiple times in front of her family on Monday. Relatives told KNBC that Bun Leuk, 44, repeatedly ran over Linda Holguin, 35, outside her Nuevo home at around 4:50 p.m. Leuk reportedly also struck the deceased woman’s mother, Frances …
California police are offering a large reward in hopes that someone can help them identify the person who hit a 91-year-old Holocaust survivor out walking his dog, Leelah. The Los Angeles Times reports the incident happened at a marked crosswalk close to Magnolia Boulevard and Wilkinson Avenue in Los Angeles’ Valley Village area, at around …
A California mother is pleading for information about who struck her son in a hit-and-run crash last week that left him with a serious brain injury, KXTV reports. “I want them to turn themselves in,” Elisa Castellanos said. “How dare you take my son like that and hurt him and leave him there. How could …
Hours before a driver was arrested in Friday’s hit-and-run crash that killed a 4-year-old South Carolina girl, the girl’s grandmother was criminally charged for allegedly being drunk while pushing the girl in a stroller across a highway. WPDE reported that Priscilla Marie Clendenin, 55, is charged with unlawful neglect of a child in connection with …
Police arrested a Georgia woman on Monday after she allegedly hit a man and his dog while driving earlier this month, killing them both. Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that 66-year-old Marvin Barnes was out walking his dog near his residence in Statham on December 3, when a car veered off of the road and smashed into him. …
Police said the Wisconsin man who fled the scene a crash that killed three young girls and one of the girls’ mother this weekend has admitted to inhaling chemical vapors before the wreck. NBC News reports that Colten Treu, 21, fatally mowed down Jayna Kelley, 9; Autumn Helgeson, 10; Halee Hickle, 10; and her mother, Sara …
Police in Washington, D.C., have arrested a woman who allegedly vandalized a Greyhound bus then attempted to run over the bus driver in an ordeal that was caught on tape. Mariana Silver, 20, was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with Thursday’s incident. According to a police report obtained by WTOP, the situation turned violent …
A California woman who was drunk when she struck and killed an elderly homeless man and continued to drive with his body in the passenger seat learned her fate this week. KGTV reported that Esteysi “Stacy” Sanchez, 31, cried uncontrollably Wednesday before she was sentenced to 15 years to life for the April 2016 death …
A grand jury indicted a woman charged with manslaughter after police said she drunkenly plowed through a group of Texas students on spring break, killing a 19-year-old and then fled the scene, according to the Daily Mail. Daisy Joy Decker, 21, is charged in the death of Maria Selena Patino, 19, of Los Fresnos, Texas. …
