#hit-and-run

#hit-and-run

Chi Hung Leung, a 50-year-old Bath Beach resident, collided with a Nassau County police vehicle just before 6 a.m. Monday in East Hills, the county police department said Tuesday in an alert. Leung initially tried to speed away from the scene in his vehicle, but when that didn't work he took off on foot, according to police. However, he was quickly located nearby by additional officers.

After a month-long firestorm that a hit-and-run suspect accused of killing two women while driving on meth could get a diversion program instead of facing trial, an SF Superior Court judge just ruled the case will indeed go to trial. One issue that largely fueled the 2022 recall of SF DA Chesa Boudin was the infamous case of Troy McAlister, who was accused of killing 27-year-old Hanako Abe and 60-year-old Elizabeth Platt in a New Year's Eve 2020 hit-and-run crash.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - A 19-year-old woman from Staten Island managed to arrange a ride for herself after she and her boyfriend left the scene of a fatal crash on the Garden State Parkway in Woodbridge, New Jersey, according to a criminal complaint obtained by the Advance/SILive.com.

An investigator at the Lafourche Parish district attorney's office stated in a report released Wednesday that the car that crashed into a vehicle and killed a 78-year-old man was not facing an "imminent head-on crash" with the vehicle driven by former LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy. Herman Hall died from his injuries hours after the Dec. 17, 2024, accident. The report estimates Lacy was driving a Dodge Charger 88 mph heading southbound on Louisiana Highway 20 prior to the collision.

We're now learning that the victim of this past weekend's late-night Bernal Heights hit-and-run was 30-year-old father Binod Budhathoki, and neighbors want something done after Cortland Avenue's ninth dangerous crash in three years. We noted on Monday that there were two SF hit-and-runs within a five-hour span this past Friday night and Saturday morning, and that one of them in Bernal Heights killed a man.

Although his driver's license was suspended, Alvi Limani, 20, of Prince's Bay, allegedly was behind the wheel of a gray BMW X3 occupied by three other people when the horrific crash occurred on the evening of June 29, according to the criminal complaint. Albion Hysenaj, 19, of Great Kills, died and Joseph Donzella, 21, of Bay Terrace, was seriously injured after they were ejected from the backseat of Limani's BMW.

Maria Niotis, one of two teenage girls killed in a hit-and-run in New Jersey Monday, was laid to rest Friday morning. The service took place at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Union. Family and friends came together in the wake of tragedy to remember a young life taken far too soon. Hundreds gathered Friday to say goodbye, and to celebrate Niotis' life.

Police have launched an investigation after a man was fatally hit by a car in a popular tourist area in London. The Metropolitan Policewas called to Park Crescent on Friday evening following reports that a man in his forties had been struck by a car. Officers attended the scene alongside the London Ambulance Service at 7.35pm. The man was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died.

Authorities are investigating a hit-and-run collision involving an AC Transit bus Wednesday afternoon that left multiple hurt in Oakland. A spokesperson from AC Transit said the incident occurred shortly after 12:35 p.m. at 16th Avenue and International Boulevard when the driver of a southbound car collided with one of the agency's busses after driving into a "bus only" lane and attempting an illegal U-turn.

While on scene, the driver of the Ford Explorer, later identified as Bezan, stumbled toward officers in a hysterical crying state. Bezan appeared erratic and unsteady on her feet with visible bruising on her arms consistent with an intravenous drug user. Bezan told officers that her sister, who is autistic, grabbed the steering wheel while she was backing out of a parking space, causing her to run a person over.