Category: hit-and-run

Human Leg Found on Australian Highway, Two Arrested

Two people have been charged in relation to a hit and run in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) after a human leg was found on the Stuart Highway about 30 kilometres southeast of Darwin. Police were alerted to what appeared to be a human leg on the road just north of Coolalinga at 10.30 a.m. on…


Rebecca Grossman to Stand Trial for Murder in Hit-and-Run That Killed 2 Boys

VAN NUYS, Calif.—The co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation, who allegedly ran down two young brothers in a Westlake Village crosswalk and fled the scene, was ordered Thursday to stand trial on murder and other charges. One of Rebecca Grossman’s attorneys, John Hobson, argued near the end of a roughly five-day preliminary hearing that the…


Huntington Beach Fatal Hit and Run Suspect Arrested

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—A Huntington Beach local was found and captured Friday, April 15 after being suspected of hitting an elderly man with his car April 14. Blake Patraw, 23, was arrested Friday on suspicion of fleeing the deadly collision just before 5 p.m on Thursday, at Yorktown Avenue just east of Newland Street, where witnesses said they…


3 LAPD Officers Injured in Hit-and-Run Freeway Crash

LOS ANGELES—Two Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers were initially reported in critical condition and one was in serious condition Monday morning, Feb. 14, following a crash on the Harbor (110) Freeway in the Pico Union area involving a hit-and-run motorist. The crash was reported at 2:12 a.m. on the southbound Harbor Freeway at Olympic…


Rewards Offered to Help Solve Series of Hit-and-Runs in LA

LOS ANGELES—After a series of hit-and-runs in the Jefferson Park area of Los Angeles, authorities Jan. 20 were asking for the public’s help, hoping that rewards of up to $25,000 would aid in solving the crimes. On Jan. 5, 46-year-old Nallely Oregel was walking her dog on Fourth Avenue at 30th Street when a silver…


Woman Arrested After Striking Deputy With a Vehicle

SOUTH EL MONTE, Calif.—A woman is in custody Jan. 20 after striking a sheriff’s deputy and a man with a vehicle and fleeing the scene, detectives say. Deputies from the Temple Station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday to a parking lot of a business shopping center in the…


Woman Arrested After Striking Deputy With Vehicle

SOUTH EL MONTE, Calif.—A woman is in custody Jan. 20 after striking a sheriff’s deputy and a man with a vehicle and fleeing the scene, detectives say. Deputies from the Temple Station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded at 11:10 p.m. on Jan. 19 to a parking lot of a business shopping center…


Couple Arrested in Huntington Beach Fatal Hit-and-Run

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—A Seal Beach couple was arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run collision in Huntington Beach, police said today. Daniel, 37, and Kimberly Burch, 39, who live in Surfside, were arrested in connection with the Sunday evening collision at Pacific Coast Highway near 24th Street, according to Jennifer Carey of the Huntington Beach…


Pedestrian, 90, Struck and Killed in Littlerock

LITTLEROCK, Calif.—A 90-year-old Palmdale man was hit by an SUV and killed Nov. 8 in Littlerock, authorities said. The crash was reported just before 5 a.m. at 90th Street East and East Palmdale Boulevard, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer Peter Nicholson. Authorities withheld the name of the fatally injured man, pending notification of…


Collision Sends Car Crashing Into Lincoln Park Juice Bar, Injuring Seven

SAN DIEGO—Seven people, including a child, were injured Nov. 2 when two cars collided on Lincoln Park street and one of them careened off the roadway and plowed into a cafe. The crash just east of Interstate 805 occurred shortly after noon, when a motorist heading south on 47th Street at high speed failed to…