hit and run accident News

Hit-and-Run Accident Ends Horse Race Through Town

It was a hit-and-run accident where the offending party rode away on his horse. Opelousas police continue to investigate a Wednesday horse race through the center of this Louisiana town of 16,000, reports The Daily World. It ended with one …

Red Bull Family Reaches Hit-and-Run Settlement

The billionaire family of a Red Bull energy drink heir accused of killing a police officer in a hit-and-run accident paid the officer’s siblings about $100,000 in a deal aimed at avoiding a civil lawsuit, police said Wednesday. Vorayuth Yoovidhya, …

New York Man Files Suit Against City, Officers

A $40.5 million lawsuit claims a Yonkers, NY., police officer struck a man in the face with a baton and fractured his jaw while questioning him about a hit-and-run accident. It names the city of Yonkers and Officers Juan Ojeda …

Trial Looms for Ex-Minnesota Viking’s Wife in Hit-And-Run

The wife of a former Minnesota Vikings tight end has admitted being behind the wheel of her husband’s sport-utility vehicle last August when it struck a man on a highway exit ramp, killing him. But much of what happened that …