Investigators say that several Southern California residents planned a fake hit-and-run for an insurance scam, and it was all captured on home security cameras. NTD’s Christina Corona has more on the story.
ANTIOCH, Calif.—Authorities in a California community are seeking a suspect in a hit-and-run collision that killed two young brothers on Friday. Police responded to a reported traffic collision at an intersection in Antioch around 11:30 p.m., the Antioch Police Department said in a statement. Officers arrived at the scene of an accident involving two vehicles, […]
Dramatic video footage shows a 76-year-old woman from Palm Coast, Florida, fleeing from the scene of a hit-and-run crash—with a man clutching the hood of her SUV. The incident happened on Sept. 30, and the elderly woman has been identified as Cheryl Henderson. She was arrested afterward, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. The […]
CHICAGO—A 20-year-old Chicago man is facing multiple charges in connection with a hit-and-run collision that injured four pedestrians, two critically, outside Guaranteed Rate Field, the home of the Chicago White Sox, Chicago police said Wednesday night. Condelarious Garcia, 20, faces four felony counts each of failure to report an injury accident and aggravated reckless driving […]
MINNEAPOLIS—A man who served a hit-and-run sentence in a California prison until his release earlier this year remained jailed Tuesday, awaiting charges after a crash killed five young women in Minneapolis when a speeding driver blew past a state trooper, ran a red light and slammed into their car. Derrick John Thompson, 27, of Brooklyn […]
BANGKOK—A Thai-American woman living in Michigan who fled to Thailand after allegedly being involved in a hit-and-run accident that killed a college student has agreed to return to the United States to face charges, police said Wednesday. Tubtim “Sue” Howson, 57, allegedly struck Michigan State University student Benjamin Kable, 22, shortly before dawn on Jan. […]
CHICAGO—Three people were killed and another injured when they were struck by a car during a hit-and-run on a Chicago street early Sunday, police said. A sedan hit the four males around 5 a.m. on the city’s South Side and then drove away, Chicago police said. No one was in custody, police said. Video circulating […]
An 11-year-old girl who was declared brain dead this week after she was struck in a hit-and-run ATV crash that also killed a 12-year-old boy has died from her injuries, according to the victim’s family. The tragic incident happened in Apple Valley, California on July 2, when Christina “Tina” Bird and her long-time family friend, […]
FRESNO, Calif.—A man suspected in a fatal hit-in-run in central California in which the victim’s body was dragged more than 8 miles was in critical condition after jumping from a three-story house while deputies tried to arrest him, authorities said. Fresno Police Lt. Brian Valles told the Fresno Bee that 38-year-old Shawn Ginder was arrested […]
A California duo was caught on video surveillance allegedly skipping out on their restaurant bill and trying to leave in their car. When the manager confronted them in the parking lot, they proceed to run into him while fleeing the scene.
NEW YORK—The rider of an unlicensed electric scooter involved in the hit-and-run death of “Gone Girl” actor Lisa Banes was well aware that he hit her, fleeing to a repair shop afterward seeking to fix a sideview mirror, authorities said Friday. Brian Boyd was arrested Thursday and charged with leaving the scene of an accident […]
INDIANAPOLIS—Prosecutors dropped their case against an Indiana woman who was charged in a hit-and-run crash during a southern Indiana protest last summer after learning she died in Colorado earlier this year. Christi Jane Bennett, 67, was found dead in a Denver hotel room on Feb. 6, according to police. She died of blunt force injuries […]
NEW YORK—“Gone Girl” actress Lisa Banes died 10 days after being injured in a hit-and-run accident in New York City, police said. The 65-year-old Banes, who was struck by a scooter or motorcycle while crossing a street on June 4, died Monday at Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital, a police department spokesperson said. Banes appeared in […]
Police have named the suspected driver of the vehicle involved in a hit-and-run incident that killed a woman and injured nine other people in Portland, Oregon, on Monday. Authorities identified the driver as Paul Rivas, 64, of Oregon City, according to a statement from the Portland Police Bureau. Rivas is being held at the Multnomah […]
NEWARK, Ohio—A hit-and-run driver struck a woman pushing her 1-year-old grandchild in a stroller, putting the grandmother in critical condition and causing the baby to die Christmas morning, authorities said. The child, Amara White, was being pushed on Londondale Parkway in Newark, Ohio, just before 3 p.m. Wednesday when both were struck by a vehicle. […]
INDIANAPOLIS—An Indiana woman was charged Thursday in a hit-and-run crash that sent one woman to the hospital and caused minor injuries to a man during a southern Indiana protest over an alleged assault of a black man by a group of white men. Prosecutors charged Christi Bennett, 66, with two counts of criminal recklessness, both […]
A Florida woman who killed a 53-year-old man after running a red light and smashing into his Lexus on Saturday morning was in the process of fleeing two earlier car accidents when she caused the fatal collision, police said.
A 19-year-old man has been charged after he allegedly hit and killed up to 20 kangaroos with his ute in what appears to be a mass slaughter on the NSW South Coast. An investigation by detectives led to the arrest of the man on Tuesday afternoon.
