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2 injured in hit-and-run boat crash on Lake Lanier

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:55:38 -0400

GAINESVILLE, Georgia - Georgia authorities are hunting for a boat operator involved in a hit-and-run collision on Lake Lanier than injured two people.

Actress Bynes accused of bong toss out NYC window

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:49:24 -0400

NEW YORK - Actress Amanda Bynes appeared disheveled in a long blond wig and sweats Friday in a criminal court where she was charged with reckless endangerment after police said she heaved a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment.

Pa. woman charged in hit-and-run that killed teen

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:37:07 -0400

NORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania - Authorities in suburban Philadelphia say a motorist was drunk and reading a text message when she fatally struck a teenager in a hit-and-run accident.

Ark. authorities say teen dies after hit-and-run

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:22:45 -0400

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - Authorities in central Arkansas say a 14-year-old boy has died following a hit-and-run in Pulaski County.

Man gets 20 years in death of USC professor

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:55:05 -0400

LEXINGTON, South Carolina - A man has been sentenced to 20 years in the hit-and-run death of a University of South Carolina professor.

Santa Fe police investigate fatal hit-and-run

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:34:57 -0400

SANTA FE, New Mexico - Authorities say a Chimayo man is dead after a hit-and-run accident in Santa Fe.

Suspect arrested in Tucson hit-and-run death

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:55:44 -0400

TUCSON, Arizona - A suspect is in custody in the hit-and-run death of a Tucson bicyclist.

Butte woman arrested after boy hit by SUV

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:06:47 -0400

BUTTE, Montana - A 26-year-old Butte woman was arrested after a sport utility vehicle struck a 3-year-old boy and knocked him off his bicycle before leaving the scene.

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.