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January 2006 |
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1-31 35 year old Stephen Strain killed in Anchorage, Alaska, when driver
fleeing police in stolen truck, runs stoplight and broadsides his car. Driver
fled on foot, but was arrested soon after.
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Anchorage Daily News |
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1-31 |
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52 year old Lloyd Myles in Vancouver, Washington |
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KATU |
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1-31 |
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76 year old Jaime Gonzalez in Wilmington, California |
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Copley Press |
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1-31 |
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21-year-old Santos Lopez in Walhalla, South Carolina 18 year old wife
in hospital) |
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WIStv |
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1-30 |
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45 year old Jeannette Griffin in Urbana, Illinois |
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WCIA |
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1-30 |
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5 year old Brian Michel in Houston, Texas |
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KPRC |
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1-29 |
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55-year-old Paul Seagraves in Key Largo, Florida |
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Keynoter |
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1-29 |
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Unnamed person in Houston, Texas (police trying to decide if hit and
run victim or dumped body - off Highway 288 near Beltway 8 at Almeda Genoa
Road) |
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KPRC |
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1-29 |
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22 year old Kyle Jeffery Niccum in Greenville, North Carolina |
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Daily Reflector |
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1-29 |
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48-year-old Steven Biss in Port Angeles, Washington |
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KONP |
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1-29 |
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52 year old Miles Waterhouse in Pensacola, Florida (riding a scooter,
scooter was dragged for over a mile until vehicle stopped and driver removed
it) |
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Pensacola News - Journal |
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1-29 |
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18-year-old Lionel Antonio Frias in Cobb County, Georgia (Powder Springs
Road - only second of 3 vehicles that struck man stopped) |
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WXIA |
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1-29 |
V, V |
2 unnamed women in Houston, Texas (North Main and East 35th Street) |
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F |
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KTRK |
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1-28 |
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Unnamed man in his 40's in Chicago, Illinois (5029 W. Madison St.) |
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Chicago Tribune |
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1-28 |
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25 year old Robert Hanson near Bowling Green, Kentucky |
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Daily News |
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1-28 |
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16 year old Jayshon Ibiam "Squezzy" in Alexandria, Louisiana |
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The Town Talk |
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1-27 |
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58 year old John Grissom in Chicago, Illinois |
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Chicago Tribune |
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1-27 |
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29 year old Dwayne Cook in Killeen, Texas |
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Tribune - Herald |
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1-27 |
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52 year old Thomas Leech in Fort Worth, Texas |
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Star Telegram |
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1-27 |
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31 year old Mateo Cruz in Winter Park, Florida |
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Orlando Sentinel |
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1-26 |
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47 year old James Randall Tison in Dublin, Georgia |
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Courier Herald |
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1-26 |
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31 year old Lisa Vichlenski in Port St Lucie, Florida (pushing a stroller
- 3 year old son injured) |
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Palm Beach Post |
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1-25 |
A, A |
67 year old Sarah Bellamy and Larry Whitfield, 51, in St Petersburg,
Florida (hit and run car pushed #2 across traffic into #3) |
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St. Petersburg Times |
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1-25 |
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33 year old James Kowalka in North Fort Myers, Florida |
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NBC2 |
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1-25 |
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48-year-old Derek Rittler in San Pasqual, California |
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KFMB |
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1-24 |
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47 year old Howard Dean Thompson in Charleston, South Carolina (this
may turn out to be part of a robbery and murder) |
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Post and Courier |
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1-23 |
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51 year old Karl Hines in Henderson, North Carolina (this may turn
out to be a murder and not hit and run) |
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The Daily Dispatch |
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1 -24 Since the first of the year, Mayor James Baker of Wilmington, Delaware
and US Congressman Patrick McHenry, Republican from North Carolina, have
had their vehicles struck by hit and run drivers. Baker received minor injures,
while McHenry was shaken up.
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Various |
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1-23 The bodies of a man and a woman recovered this morning from
a car that was fleeing a minor hit and run near Modesto, California last
evening, and ended up submerged in a flooded creek.
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KXTV |
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1-22 |
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47 year old James Wendell Harmond in Denver, Colorado |
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Denver Post obit |
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1-22 |
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48 year old Cresenciano Silverio Gonzalez in Merced, California |
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KGPE |
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1-22 |
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4 year old Jennifer Cervantes near Queen Creek, Arizona (made national
news as Jennifer was a victim in an international triple murder/kidnapping
incident last year) |
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The Arizona Republic |
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1-22 |
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62 year old Hester Faye Coleman near Hillsborough, North Carolina |
F |
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The News & Observer |
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1-22 |
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25 year old Hannah Engle in Manhattan, New York City, New York (arrested
driver an actor who appeared in the American MTV series Undressed - victim
a NYU student in the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service ) |
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NY Daily |
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1-22 |
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Unnamed 56-year-old man in Garden City, New York |
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WABC |
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1-22 |
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Unnamed man in Albuquerque, New Mexico (Phoenix Street and 2nd Street
NW) |
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KOAT |
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Placer County (California) District Attorney's Office announced it has
dropped at least 7 drunk driving cases and will probably have to drop others
because Rocklin police Officer Matthew Redding, who made the arrests, was
struck and killed October 9th, 2005, by a hit and run, and alleged, drunk
driver.
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KTXL |
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1-21 |
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55 year old Tommie Lee Culbreth near Sorrento, Florida |
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Orlando Sentinel |
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1-21 |
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38-year-old Richard Quinn near Malabar, Florida |
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WKMG |
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1-21 |
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25 year old Gerald Masterpol (Jerry Masterpol) in Mattydale,
New York |
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News 10 |
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1-21 |
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21 year old Rodolfo Vergara near Four Oaks, North Carolina |
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News 14 |
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1-21 |
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47 year old James Eugene Toncrey in Jackson County, Mississippi |
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Mississippi Press |
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1-20 |
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57 year old Samuel Lee McLean near Fayetteville, North Carolina |
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WRAL |
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1-20 |
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20 year old Jennifer LeAnn England near Citronelle, Alabama (became
engaged on Christmas Day) |
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Mobile Register |
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1-20 At least 55 people are killed near Sai Ganji, India when bus falls
into ravine. The bus driver fled on foot.
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The Hindu |
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1-20 17 year old girl arrested after fleeing from minor crash, and then
causing a major pile-up in second crash, killing a 67 year old man in Clayton
County, Georgia.
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WSBTV |
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1-18 |
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37 year old Michelle Taylor "Mike" near Kitty Hawk, Virginia (died
1-20) |
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The Virginian - Pilot |
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1-18 |
A |
56 year old Sharon Peterman in Overton County, Tennessee (retired
school teacher) |
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WSMV |
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1-18 |
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50-year-old Johnnie Ray Pilkington in Garner, North Carolina |
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WRAL |
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1-17 |
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67 year old Evelyn Smigala Mortlock in Live Oak, Florida |
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Suwanee Democrat |
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1-17 |
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86 year old Betty Tanaka Santiago in Oahu, Hawaii |
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KHON |
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1-17 |
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51 year old Carmen Oleon in Miami, Florida |
F |
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CBS4 |
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1-16 |
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72 year old Dennis Kirmett Albertson in St Paul, Minnesota |
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WCCO |
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1-15 |
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47 year old Dr. Stephen Snedden in Toledo, Ohio (pediatric pulmonary
specialist at Toledo Hospital) |
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WUPW |
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1-15 |
B |
46 year old Timothy Willett in Fort Wayne, Indiana (police advise
possible hit and run) |
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Journal Gazette |
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1-15 |
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52 year old Linda Currie in Detroit, Michigan |
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WDIV |
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1-15 |
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31-year-old Victor Gutierrez-Flores in Salt Lake City, Utah |
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Salt Lake Tribune |
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1-15 |
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20 year old Lindsy Som in Tacoma, Washington |
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Tacoma News |
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1-14 |
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63-year old Ramika Roy in Oahu, Hawaii |
F |
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Honolulu Advertiser |
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1-14 |
B |
17 year old Randall Lane in Pearland, Texas (truck found - police
believe hit and run driver has fled to Mexico) |
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KTRK |
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1-14 |
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14 year old Laura Carolina Marin in Sunnyvale, California (U.S. Highway
101 and Lawrence Expressway - 2 other women with major injuries - driver
of hit vehicle arrested for DUI - other vehicle fled and discovered
later) |
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Mercury News |
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1-13 |
V |
18 year old Brian Fitzpatrick in St Paul, Minnesota (died 2/11) |
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WCCO |
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1-13 |
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53-year old Anthony Keith Serries in Brooklyn, New York City, New York |
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NY Times |
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1-13 |
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39 year old Guadalupe Ramirez, Francisco A. Martinez, 20, and Francisco
Aguilar Brito, 20, in Anaheim, California (2 others injured) |
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Orange County Register |
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1-13 |
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49 year old Maria Refugia Rodriguez in Tyler, Texas |
F |
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Tyler Morning Telegraph |
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1-13 |
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83 year old Jean Janulewicz in Naugatuck, Connecticut |
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WFSB |
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1-13 |
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49 year old Frumencio Rodriguez in San Jose, California |
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CBS5 |
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1-12 This was not a hit and run but a horrible tragedy - Candace
Newman, 20; William "Jarrod" Thompson, 20; Richard O'Barr, 20; Josh Bozeman,
21; Brittany Jordan, 18; and Carlee Jordan, 20; all die when the pickup they
are riding in is struck by a semi in heavy fog. Our prayers are with these
families.
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The Clarion - Ledger. |
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1-12 |
D |
54 year old Russell Alan Sartain in Houston, Texas |
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Houston Chronicle |
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1-12 |
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49 year old Robin Jackson in Huntington, Ohio |
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The Herald - Dispatch |
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1-12 |
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33 year old David Grant in Green Bay, Wisconsin |
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Green Bay Press Gazette |
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1-12 |
B |
26 year old Sarah Tucker in San Francisco, California |
F |
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KTVU |
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1-11 |
P |
47-year-old Arnulfo Merida in Mesa, Arizona |
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KTVK |
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1-11 |
P |
41 year old Rochelle Dixon in Oakland, California |
F |
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San Francisco Chronicle |
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1-10 |
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22-year-old Lee Thomas Benecia in Donna, Texas |
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KRGV |
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1-9 |
P |
15 year old Ashley Marie Yoder near Princeton, West Virginia |
F |
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WVNS |
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1-9 |
P |
77-year-old Dorothy Smith in Greenfield, Wisconsin |
F |
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WISN |
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1-9 |
A |
39-year-old Marian Tumbaga in Windsor, California (judge raises bail
after learning of more than one prior DUI from the media, not from court
- had five convictions) |
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CBS5 |
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1-9 |
P |
39 year-old Vickie Lynn Walton in Nashville, Tennessee |
F |
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WTVF |
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1-9 |
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61 year old Sister Paul Mercedes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (In
what police are calling a "bizarre" coincidence, NBC 10 News has learned
that Mercedes witnessed someone get struck and killed by a car on Dec. 30.
The nun sent the victim's family a letter of condolence, and they just received
it. - $10,000 reward for information) |
F |
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Philadelphia Inquirer |
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1-8 |
B |
Unnamed 35 years old man in Altadena, California |
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Pasadena Star |
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1-8 |
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25 year old Joseph Cajuste in Queens, New York City, New York |
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Newsday |
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1-7 |
P |
34-year-old Warren Parker in Goose Creek, South Carolina (well known
Canadian gospel singer
website) |
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The Post and Courier |
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1-7 |
P |
31 year old Robert Rawsthorne in San Jose, California |
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CBS5 |
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1-7 |
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23-year-old Minerva Pena Juarez in Oxnard, California (3 hit and run
drivers - only 1 captured - unlicensed) |
F |
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Ventura County Star |
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1-7 |
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36-year-old Emmarie Rowe "Mona" in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (I-95
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F |
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Miami Herald |
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1-6 |
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23 year old Nancy Schnidt in Springfield, Missouri (driver fled on
foot after running stop light and being broadsided, vehicle had just fled
a traffic stop - Nancy was 3 mos pregnant) |
F |
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Springfield News Leader |
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1-6 |
P |
Unnamed man in Sacramento, California (Watt Avenue and La Riviera) |
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CBS13 |
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1-6 |
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43-year-old Richard Bejarano in Tucson, Arizona |
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Arizona Daily Star |
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1-6 |
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Unnamed man in Modesto, California (Seventh Street and B Street) |
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CBS 13 |
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1-5 |
P |
12-year-old Royale Harris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (first car
fled, second car stopped) |
F |
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Philadelphia Inquirer |
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1-5 |
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38-year-old Pierce Neace near Jackson, Kentucky |
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Lexington Herald Leader |
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1-4 |
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Unnamed man in Los Angeles, California (47th Street and Hoover) |
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KCAL |
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1-4 |
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37 year old John Fraczek in Dearborn, Michigan |
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WXYZ |
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1-3 |
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41-year-old Gemma Zimmerman in Reno, Nevada (after surviving a single
vehicle crash, she was struck and dragged nearly a mile, where she was dislodged
and hit by another car) |
F |
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KRNV |
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1-3 |
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35-year-old Myong Lane in Killeen, Texas |
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KWTX |
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1-3 |
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Unnamed person in Chicago, Illinois (103rd and Evans streets) |
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NBC5 |
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1-3 |
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Unnamed man in Little Rock, Arkansas (Interstate 30 by the Scott Hamilton
exit) |
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KATV |
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1-2 |
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Edward Haymon in Warren, Ohio (driver with 6 prior DUI's, pulls over
after fleeing scene, pulls body from windshield, lays it on side of road,
and drives off) |
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WKYC |
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1-2 |
D |
41 year old Lona Martel near Paradise, California |
F |
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Paradise Post |
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1-2 |
P |
31 year old Robert Conway in Anaheim, California |
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U! |
OC Register |
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1-1 |
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(6:30 pm) 76 year old Tom Olvera Mendez in Fresno, California |
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Fresno Bee |
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1-1 |
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(5:45 pm) 51 year old Linda Cohen in St Petersburg, Florida (struck
by 2 vehicles - only the 2nd stopped - lost her husband to a hit and run
driver years ago) |
F |
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WTSP |
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1-1 |
A |
(1 pm) 19-year-old Christian Garrette in Little Rock, Arkansas (leaving
church - SUV that struck him reported stolen last month) |
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KARK |
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1-1 |
D |
(5:23 am) 30 year old Juan Guzman in Irving, Texas (on duty
wrecker operator) |
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Star Telegram |
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1-1 |
P |
(5 am) 60-year-old James Seay in Syracuse, New York |
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WCAX |
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1-1 |
D |
(12:35 am) 61-year-old Philip Alexander Miller Sr "Alex Miller" near
New Orleans, Louisiana (member of Rue de Bourbon - appeared in numerous
television shows including ""Gunsmoke'' and ""The Six-Million Dollar Man) |
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The Times - Picayune |
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The last auto fatality of 2005 in El Paso, Texas, the first of 2006 in
Hartsell, Alabama, and the first of 2006 in Kansas City, Missouri - all alleged
hit and run drivers fleeing minor crashes and being killed when they crash
again. One of the last of 2005 in Toledo, Ohio was a man who had crashed
on 12/23, while allegedly fleeing a minor hit -skip crash.
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