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Victim's of Hit and
Run
(Names from a page
from the original 2001 site) |
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William
Edwards
Muncie,
IN
- 5/21/00 |
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Shannon Gardner
Joliet,
IL
-1/26/01 (20
yoa) |
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Keith
David Stenrose - Michigan
victim of a hit
and run driver
- 11/22/98 (19
yoa)
Driver never
captured |
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Scott
Regan
Florida
3/6/62 -
1/15/01 |
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Carolanne
Ginter
Florida
11/12/64 -
2/20/01 |
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Robert
Liljedahl - Florida
victim of a hit
and run driver
1/16/61 -
2/8/98
Driver never
captured |
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Leslie M
Shegonee
Florida
3/17/62 -
8/31/00 |
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Teresa Wright
Scott
Florida
4/7/61 -
9/16/00 |
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Katie
Lovelace - Oregon
victim of a hit
and run driver
- 6/9/00 (12
yoa)
Driver
captured |
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Jared
Smith
Denver,
Colorado
- 3/11/01 |
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Howard
Rommel
Centennial,
Colorado
- 3/13/01 (41
yoa) |
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Pablo
Estrada
Portland, Oregon
- 5/21/01 (41 yoa) |
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Margarito Gomez,
Jr
Fresno,
California
- 3/13/01 (7
yoa) |
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Bernadette
Alvarez
El Paso,
Texas
- 3/11/01 (23
yoa) |
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Laurel Waterhouse
- Oregon
vicitm of a hit
and run driver
-
2/24/01
killed while on
vacation with family to Kissimmee, Florida |
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Wilfred L Salls,
Jr
Greensboro Bend,
Vermont
- 11/20/00 (21
yoa) |
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Christina
Haws
Philadelphia,
PA
- 3/1/00 (22
yoa) |
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Abdelilah Bentacha
- Florida
killed by a hit
and run driver
10/26/61 -
8/19/00
Struck by two vehicles
- only one stopped |
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John
Lowe
Lawrence,
Kansas
-4/28/00 |
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Melisa
M Ruple
Lakewood,
Tennessee
- 3/10/01 (22
yoa) |
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Jeffrey Wayne
Chadwick - Florida
killed by multiple
hit and run driver's
1/23/62 -
7/10/00
struck by 4 vehicles
- first two did not stop |
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Ada
Taylor
Kansas City,
Missouri
- 3/4/01 (45
yoa) |
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Airman Eric
Hutchinson
Pensacola,
FLorida
- 8/24/99 |
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Marsha A Krofchik
- Florida
killed by a hit
and run driver
9/1/51 -
10/14/00 |
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Jairo
Rocha
Boston,
Massachusetts
- 2/3/00 (53
yoa) |
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Gertrude
Lovetree
Torrington,
Connecticut
- 2/10/01 (74
yoa) |
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Jesus Felix Santos
- Florida
killed by multiple
hit and run driver's
- 9/22/99 (46
yoa)
struck on a bridge
and thrown to Turnpike below where he was run over multiple times with only
a few cars stopping |
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Shawn
Donley
Royal Oak,
Michigan
- 2/27/01 (28
yoa) |
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Jared
Snyder
Denver,
Colorado
- 3/11/01 (18
yoa) |
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Natasha Aldama
- Colorado
killed by a hit
and run driver
- 12/1/00 (12
yoa) |
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Maryland
Dodge
Evansville,
Indiana
- 1/5/01 (74
yoa) |
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Jessice
Abnet
Cocoa Beach,
Florida
- 3/16/01 (24
yoa)
tourist from Green
Bay, Wisconsin |
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Salvador Sanchez
- California
killed by a hit
and run driver
- 10/12/98 (4
yoa) |
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Juyanna
Robinson-Cook
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
-3/16/01 (4
yoa) |
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Augusta
Wadell
Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania
- 9/17/00 (74
yoa) |
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Wayne Ross, Jr
- Flint, Michigan
killed by a hit and run driver
- 5/19/01 (8 yoa)
struck and killed by a hit and run driver while playing on a quiet residential
street. Sadly, while still an infant in his mothers womb, Wayne had been
a victim of an earlier hit and run, when his mother was struck and injured
while pregnant with Wayne. |
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Keoki Nicodemus
Honolulu,
Hawaii
- 3/7/01 (21
yoa) |
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Clenton
Bradshaw
Clackamas, Oregon
- 3/1/01 (45 yoa) |
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Eve Perez Cardenaz
- California
killed by a hit
and run driver
- 12/25/00 (43
yoa)
killed Christmas
morning while deliverying presents with her son and niece |
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Jose Miguel
Cruz-Cedillos
Chantilly,
Virginia
- 3/1/01 (31
yoa) |
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William
Abeel
San Jose,
California
- 12/30/00 (83
yoa) |
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Leona Doucette
-Massachusetts
killed by a hit
and run driver
- unk date (56
yoa)
Rated by Reader's
Digest as one of America's worst judges, Isaac Bornstein sentenced James
Abramofsky, Jr to 3 years after witness' stated he had ran over Ms Doucette
twice and was seen throwing a 12 pack of beer from the car after the murder.
Prosecution had asked for 15 years. |
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Gabriel
Marquez
Phoenix, Arizona
- 3/19/01( 80
yoa) |
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John
Zilley
Hilltown,
Pennsylvania
- 3/30/01 (51
yoa) |
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Lela Anne Jay
- Nevada
killed by a
hit and run driver
- 3/11/00 (45
yoa)
also paralyzed was
her sister, Cynthia Jay-Brennan, who had won the $35 million Megabucks jackpot
weeks before |
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Alice
Winfield
Jersey City,
NJ
- 3/20/01 (56
yoa) |
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Aci
Wilson
Deerfield Beach,
Florida
- 2/18/01 (68
yoa) |
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Richard Williams
- Kansas
killed by a hit
and run driver
- 3/20/01(17
yoa) |
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Estella
Gonzalez
Indio,
California
- 3/20/01 (35
yoa) |
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Filimon
Romano
San Joaquin,
California
- 3/21/01 (38
yoa) |
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Augusta Waddell
- Pennsylvania
killed by a hit
and run driver
- 9/17/2000 (75
yoa)
Mistakingly left
behind by her church group, after an outing to a neighboring church, she
was struck and killed. Her body was found over 1500 feet from her cane, where
she had been dragged by the hit and run vehicle. |
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Owen
Back
Dover,
Florida
- 3/14/01 (37
yoa) |
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Gabriel
Marquez
Phoenix,
Arizona
- 3/21/01 (80
yoa) |
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Dennis Ragland
- Virginia
killed by a hit
and run driver
- 3/25/01 (18
yoa)
After Dennis
and his siter had a flat tire, he was struck while walking on the side
of the road. His sister, also struck, recovered. His fiancee, sitting in
the car, witnessed his death. |
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Jeremy D
Geiger
Fort Meyers,
Florida
- 3/24/01 (18
yoa) |
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Bernard
Massey
Norristown,
Pennsylvania
- 3/23/01 (53
yoa) |
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Joshua Dean Therman
- Mississippi
killed by a hit
and run driver
- 3/25/01 (12
yoa)
Joshua was killed
and his friend, Jake Fortenberry (13 yoa) was critically injured when the
four wheeler they were riding on was struck by a hit and run driver on a
bridge. The driver and his passengers were arrested 2 hours later and all
were intoxicated. |
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Christina
Ramos
Cooper City,
Florida
- 3/25/01 (15
yoa) |
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Richard
Fitzgerald
Richmond,
Virginai
- 12/00 (81
yoa) |
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Andress Verdusco
- California
killed by a hit
and run driver
- 2/25/01 (6
yoa)
Walking home from
school with his mother, Andre was struck by a hit and run driver who ran
a red light in San Diego, California |
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John
Derkits
Chicago,
Illinois
- 2/16/01 (unk
age) |
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Sergio Adrian
Mascherini
Miami Beach,
FL
- 3/7/01 (73
yoa) |
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William Atta
- Illinois
Jimmy Sutton
- (31 yoa)
killed by a hit
and run driver
Cabbie William Atta,
and his passenger, Jimmy Sutton were killed on 2/02/01 in Chicago, Illinois
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Amos
Harris
Holmes County,
Florida
- 01/30/01 (unk
age) |
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Johnny
Garcia
Grand Island,
Nebraska
- 12/00 (17
yoa) |
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Deidrick Lamon
Pace - Alabama
killed by a hit
and run driver
- 03/19/01 (19
yoa)
After clocking out
from a Mobile Burger King job and telling his friends he would see them
the next day, Deidrick turned down an offer for a ride home from
a co-worker and instead took off on his bike. Moments later, Deidrick was
struck by a car and left to die on the road. |
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Raija
Vaidya
Silver Springs,
Maryland
- 12/00 (26
yoa) |
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Roger
Smith
Monett,
Missouri
-1/13/01 (78
yoa) |
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Walter Aponte
Santiago - Florida
killed by a hit
and run driver
-- 3/07/01 (41
yoa)
After getting off
his job as a forklift driver at Tropical Sportswear of Tampa, Walter
stopped to assist a co-worker, broke down on the highway. Moments later he
was killed by a hit and run driver, who also left his co-worker, 55 yoa Olga
Romero, critically wounded. |
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Noel
Noeller
Anchorage,
Alaska
- 01/01 (70
yoa) |
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Rodney
Johnson
Palmer Park,
Maryland
- 02/21/01 (5
yoa) |
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Trooper John
Mann - Tennessee Highway Patrol
killed by a hit
and run driver
- 1/01/01 (40
yoa)
While arresting
a suspect, Trooper Mann was killed and his suspect seriously injured, by
a hit and run driver |
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Michael
Griffin
Waterbury,
Connecticut
- 3/28/01 (56
yoa) |
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Gertrude
Lovetere
Torrington,
Connecticut
2/12/01 (74
yoa) |
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Martin Cassell
- California
killed by the vicitm
of a no impact hit and run driver
- 2/3/01 (51
yoa)
According to witness,
a driver who fled the scene, cut another vehicle off forcing it to loose
control, which struck and killed the credit union president |
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Damien
Shittaker-Meder
Melbourne,
Florida
2/8/01 (23
yoa) |
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Helen
Lynch
Clemson, South
Carolina
2/17/01 (unk
age) |
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James and Etta
Eppes - Maryland
killed by a hit
and run driver
2/22/01 - (55 and
56 yoa ) |
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Ted
Bridges
Indianopolis,
Indiana
-12/31/00 (49
yoa) |
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Brett
Jacquet
Luxemburg,
Wisconsin
- 12/00 (6
yoa) |
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Breann
Wilson -
New
Mexico
killed by a hit
and run driver
- 3/23/01 (19
yoa)
Former rodeo queen
Breann was killed and her fiancee and a friend seriously wounded whne they
were struck head on by a vehicle traveling on the wrong side of the highway.
The driver of the vehicle fled. |
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Cedric
Smith
Oak Park, Illinois
- 3/01 (30 yoa) |
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Ginger
Walker
San Diego, California
- 3/6/01 (22 yoa) |
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Milton Davis
Jr - Florida
killed by a hit and run driver
- 4/2/01 (5 yoa)
killed while riding a bike with his 15 yoa half brother, who was seriously
injured |
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Brian Michael
Kielt
Boston, Massachusetts
- 4/1/01 (20 yoa) |
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Daniel Acosta
Sr
Stockton, California
- 4/2/01 (46 yoa) |
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Raphael Medina
- California
killed by a hit and run driver
- 4/1/01 (7 yoa)
Struck and killed in a crosswalk after a motorcycle ran a stop sign
at 50 mph |
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Bill
Hudson
Hillsborough, Alabama
- 3/24/01 (54 yoa) |
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Steve Jesus
Ontiveros
Los Angeles, California
- 4/24/01 (23 yoa) |
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Maritza Huete
- California
killed by a hit and run driver
- 4/1/01 (36 yoa)
also her 3 yoa son was seriously injured |
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Tracy
Tompko
Akron, Ohio
- 8/10/00 (22 yoa) |
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Helen
Buvala
Modesto, California
- 11/25/00 (83 yoa) |
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Paul "Mr Paul"
Rutledge - Arizona
killed by a hit and run driver
- 4/5/01 (66 yoa)
a beloved crossing guard, Mr Rutledge was struck and killed by a hit
and run driver as he attempted to stop traffic for a group of
children |
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William
Cogan
Kent, Washington
- 6/17/00 (18 yoa) |
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Alejandro
Navarette
Kansas City, Missouri
1/23/01 (21 yoa) |
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Melonee Brazil
- California
killed by a hit and run driver
- 7/00 (34 yoa)
killed while walking home with her 7 year old daughter and 12 year old
son |
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Javier
Martinez
4/8/2001
Manteca, California (34 yoa) |
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Jason
Johnson-Strong
Aurora, Colorado
2/25/01 (14 yoa) |
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Samantha Lemmons
- Illinois
killed by a hit and run driver
- 4/5/01 (6 yoa)
killed while riding her scooter in front of her home |
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Ashley
Hines
Las Vegas, Nevada
- 8/3/00 (14 yoa) |
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Faustino
Lasat
San Francisco, California
- 1/8/2001 (86 yoa) |
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Todd Shreurs
- Minnesota
killed by a hit and run driver
- 4/7/01 (22 yoa)
After losing control of his car and being ejected, Todd was attempting to
rise to his feet when he was struck by another vehicle. The other vehicle
did not stop and Todd died 3 days later. |
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Jose Perales
-Moncado
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- 1/13/01 (35 yoa) |
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Jose
Martinez
Clairbourne, Louisiana
- 4/7/01 |
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Jerry Medina
- Cailifornia
killed by a no contact hit and run driver
- 3/29/01 (18 yoa)
18 year old track star killed when a truck gets cut off and goes airborne,
and lands on the top of his car. The no contact driver who caused the
truck to lose control was later arrested - an 18 year old female. |
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Brenda
Hugg
Ann Arbor, Michigan
- 10/29/00 (19yoa) |
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Timothy L
WItham
Carmel, Indiana
- 4/14/01 (48 yoa) |
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Manuel Portillo
Enriquez - California
killed by multiple hit and run drivers
- 4/18/01 (64 yoa)
struck by a hit and run driver, Manuel lay in the road and was run over by
several other vehicles, only a few whom stopped |
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Edgar
Ruiz
Elgin, Illinois
- 4/12/01 (42 yoa) |
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Katie Mae
Lanier
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- 2/20/01 (54 yoa) |
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Celestine Lowe
- Georgia
killed by a hit and run driver
- 3/16/01 (44 yoa)
passenger in a car struck by a hit and run driver fleeing from police
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Martin Justin
Perry
Cleveland, Mississippi
4/8/01 (20 yoa) |
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Sylvia
Newland
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- 3/11/01 (63 yoa) |
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Jason Hughson
- Virginia
killed by a hit and run driver
- 12/31/00 (27 yoa)
probably the final hit and run victim of 2000 - killed at 11:30 pm |
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Ned Middleton
Junior
Atlanta, Georgia
- 2/15/01 (33 yoa) |
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Richard
Dodson
Atlanta, Georgia
- 2/8/01 (unk) |
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Julio Cesar Marrer
- Pennsylvania
killed by a hit and run driver
- 3/6/01 (unk age)
Husband and father, and Philadelphia musician |
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Hazel
Neer
Kansas City, Missouri
- 1/21/01 (64 yoa) |
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Patricia
Bonser
Coplay, Pennsylvania
- 4/17/01 (57 yoa) |
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Tia Stokes -
Illinois
killed by a hit and run driver
- 4/20/01 (2 yoa)
As she was being put into the back seat of their car, both Tia and her
mother, Tonya Lee, were struck by a hit and run driver. Her mother
survived. |
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Timothy
Grooms
Leesburg, Florida
- 3/33/01 (46 yoa) |
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Xavier DeWayne
Bisor
Dallas, Texas
- 4/21/01 (1 yoa) |
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Jada Lee -
Louisiana
killed by a hit and run driver
- 4/19/01 (8 yoa)
walking home from school in a well marked school zone, little Jada Lee
was struck and killed by a stolen vehicle that was later recovered. The driver
remains at large. |
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Zulema
Terc
Hollywood, Florida
- 1/24/2001 |
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Alice Stephenie
Humphries
Virginia Beach, VA
- 4/20/01 |
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Las Vegas, Nevada
Holly Barton (33 yoa)
Benjamim Barton (8 yoa)
Brian Lee Cooper (32 yoa)
- 4/21/01
A head on collision caused by a hit and run driver killed these 3 people
and seriously injured another. |
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George Tringes
Jr
Brownsville, Pennsylvania
- 4/23/01 |
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Juan Carlos
Martinez
Franklin, Tennessee
- 4/17/01 |
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Lt Christopher
Claypool
killed by a hit and run driver
- 4/29/01 (39 yoa)
Polie Lt with the Colombus, OH Police Dept was checking on injuries
having just arrived at a traffic accident when he was struck and killed by
a hith and run driver |
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Bernice
Jones
Montgomery, Alabama
- 4/29/01 (44 yoa) |
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Alexis "Ali"
Sanoshy
Chicago, Illinois
- 4/21/01 (15 yoa) |
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Marjorie Cordero
- Long Island, New York
killed by a hit and run driver
- 1/22/01 (41 yoa)
wife of Hall of Fame horse jockey Angel Cordero Jr |
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Scott
Sohl
Fort Lauderdale, IL
- 5/03/01 (34 yoa) |
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Jung Ko
Tacoma, Washington
- 4/24/01 (82 yoa) |
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Jerry Wick -
Colombus, Ohio
killed by a hit and run driver
- 1/10/01 (33 yoa)
musician with the rock group 'Gaunt' killed while riding his
bicycle |
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Benjamin Ronald
Sam
Auburn, WA
- 4/5/01 (18 yoa) |
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Jeff Pool
Jackson, Wyoming
- 4/15/01 (33 yoa) |
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Ulisses Cruz
- Turlock, California
killed by a hit and run driver
- 3/13/01 (6 yoa)
killed while riding his bicycle |
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Brian
Chee
Minneapolis, MN
- 5/9/01 (30 yoa) |
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Jennifer
Sherry
Hempstead, NY
- 5/13/01 (20 yoa) |
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Aja Chism -
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
killed by a hit and run driver
- 5/9/01 (3 yoa)
1 week after celebrating his 3rd birthday, Aga was sruck by a hit and run
driver |
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Michael
Hilliard
Bridgeport, CT
- 5/12/01 (13 yoa) |
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Joseph
Barela
Denver, Colorado
- 5/12/01 (35 yoa) |
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Alexander Estaban
- Chicago, Illinois
killed by a hit and run driver
- 5/21/01 (3 yoa)
while crossing the road with his grandfather, Alexander was struck and killed
by an off duty firefighter who instead of stopping to help, fled the scene.
He was later charged with hit and run, and drunk driving, among other
charges. |
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Wesley Smith,
Jr
Spartanburg, SC
- 5/15/01 (43 yoa) |
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Addsav
Kov
Los Angeles, CA
- 5/19/01 (9 yoa) |
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1/19/01 Chelsea,
Massachuesetts - 37 yoa female
2/24/01 Arlington,
Virginia - 20 yoa female killed crossing Shirley
Highway
3/24/01 Limerick,
Pennsylvania - 53 yoa male on Route 422
2/6/01 Claymont,
Deleware - unidentified male along Route 495
2/1/01 New Orleans,
Louisiana - unidentified male Chantilly Road
3/12/01 Miami Beach,
Floirda - 40 yoa female Harding Avenue
3/24/01 Detroit,
Michigan - unknown male Seven Mile & Greenview
2/15/01 Dallas,
Texas - 53 yoa male Woodall Rogers Freeway
4/1/01 Hesperia,
California - unknown 25 - 35 yoa male Main Street
4/9/01 Los Angeles,
California - 3 dead and 4 seriously injured in Inglewood, hit and
run driver arrested
4/13/01 Detroit,
MI - 53 yoa female Greenfield Road
4/17/01 Austin,
Texas - unknown male kiiled on Ed Bluestein Blvd (Hwy 183)
5/7/01 Austin, Texas
- unknown victim killed on Elmont Drive
5/9/01 Denver,
CO - unknown female killed on East 14th Avenue
5/10/01 Renton,
WA - unknown male killed on 19th and Petrovisky
5/15/01 Spartanburg,
SC - unknown male killed on Hayne Street
5/20/01 Detroit,
MI- unknown 10 yoa male killed on Linwood Street |
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Deadly
Roads |
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