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Service for Phoenix officer to be held Saturday

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:01:26 -0400

PHOENIX - Hundreds of Phoenix police officers have attended the kindergarten graduation of a fallen officer's daughter.

Police: Smithfield man admits hit-and-run in Logan

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:11:29 -0400

LOGAN, Utah - Police say a 31-year-old man Smithfield man has been booked on suspicion of leaving the scene of an injury accident after admitting he ran over a woman in an apartment parking lot in Logan.

Ohio woman gets 8 years for drunken-driving death

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:11:12 -0400

BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio - A woman who was drunk when she hit and killed a 15-year-old boy walking along a rural Ohio road last fall has been sentenced to prison for eight years.

Ga. looking to lower cyclist fatalities

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:12:13 -0400

ATLANTA - Officials from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety are looking to lower the number of cyclist fatalities in 2013.

Boy, 14, arrested in Wilsonville after I-5 chase

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:08:52 -0400

WILSONVILL, Oregon - Police say a 14-year-old boy was arrested Monday morning in Wilsonville after leading officers on a chase on Interstate 5 from Woodburn.

Phoenix police officer dies in fatal hit-and-run

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:08:14 -0400

PHOENIX - A Phoenix police officer and firefighter both died Sunday after suffering critical injuries in separate accidents on the job, officials said.

Pedestrian killed in Seattle hit-and-run

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:08:03 -0400

SEATTLE - Police are investigating a hit-and-run that left a man dead in Seattle.

Man gets community corrections in hit-and-run

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:36:48 -0400

IDAHO SPRINGS, Colorado - Prosecutors are upset after an Idaho Springs man who pleaded guilty after a hit-and-run accident that severely injured the victim and ended in a stand-off with authorities was sentenced to four years in a community corrections program.

Cops: Pa. duo faked carjacking to hide hit-and-run

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:25:11 -0400

INDIANA, Pennsylvania - State police say two western Pennsylvania men concocted a story claiming they were victims of a carjacking to avoid charges relating to a hit-and-run accident.

Man sentenced in drunken driving death of girl, 8

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:27:41 -0400

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan - A Grand Rapids man will spend up to 15 years in prison for the drunken driving death of an 8-year-old Detroit girl.

Boy badly hurt by Indianapolis hit-and-run driver

Thu, 16 May 2013 06:01:03 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Police say a 7-year-old boy was critically injured when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Indianapolis.

Bicyclist struck and killed in Augusta hit-and-run

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:32:33 -0400

AUGUSTA, Georgia - Authorities are investigating a hit-and-run accident that claimed the life of a bicyclist in Augusta.

Vehicle seized in fatal hit-and-run in SD

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:14:13 -0400

YANKTON, South Dakota - The Yankton County Sheriff's Office has seized a vehicle that authorities believe was involved in a fatal hit-and-run incident.

NJ man charged in brother's Pa. 2011 hit-run death

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:02:14 -0400

STROUDSBURG, Pennsylvania - Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania have charged a New Jersey man in the hit-and-run death of his brother on the day of the St. Patrick's Day parade in 2011.

Coroner: Body found by Pa. road was hit by vehicle

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:09:28 -0400

INKERMAN, Pennsylvania - Authorities say a woman whose body was found by a roadway in northeastern Pennsylvania was the victim of a hit-and-run.

Vegas woman turns self in day after fatal hit-run

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:38:29 -0400

LAS VEGAS - Las Vegas police say a woman has turned herself in after a fatal hit-and-run over the weekend.

Body found along road in northeastern Pa. township

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:05:43 -0400

INKERMAN, Pennsylvania - The body of a 65-year-old woman was found along a road in northeastern Pennsylvania and prosecutors say they are investigating whether she may have been the victim of a hit-and-run accident.

2 Mo. residents killed after car hit from behind

Sun, 12 May 2013 16:50:56 -0400

WARRENSBURG, Missouri - Two people are dead and two others are seriously injured after an unknown vehicle ran their car off the road from behind in central Missouri and took off.

Pedestrian flees after being hit by car

Sun, 12 May 2013 16:47:43 -0400

OCEAN CITY, Maryland - Ocean City police are investigating a hit-and-run in which the person who was hit was the one who ran.

Driver sought in OKC fatal hit and run of teen

Sun, 12 May 2013 16:22:03 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY - Police in Oklahoma City are looking for a hit-and-run driver who fatally struck a 16-year-old boy on a bicycle.

Vegas pedestrian killed in hit-and-run accident

Sun, 12 May 2013 13:04:44 -0400

LAS VEGAS - A pedestrian has been killed in a hit-and-run accident in Las Vegas.

Detroit police seek aid in hit-run death of boy, 6

Sun, 12 May 2013 12:13:16 -0400

DETROIT - Detroit police say they're seeking public help as they investigate the death of a 6-year-old boy who was hit by a cab that left the scene.

NY man dies in Steuben County hit-and-run accident

Sun, 12 May 2013 11:05:22 -0400

COHOCTON, New York - State police say an 18-year-old man is dead after he was struck by a vehicle on Route 36 in Steuben County.

NYC man charged in fatal NJ hit-and-run accident

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:29:14 -0400

HOBOKEN, New Jersey - Authorities say a New York City man was driving drunk when he struck and killed a 22-year-old pedestrian in northern New Jersey.

Suspect in Bridgeport hit-and-run surrenders

Sat, 11 May 2013 09:23:04 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - A 23-year-old man has turned himself in to Bridgeport police on allegations he drove a rental car that hit a 10-year-old boy and fled the scene.