Nan Wilson was walking down a street in Findlay, Ohio at around 2:30 a.m. when a Jeep struck her.

Emergency medical crews arrived on the scene where Wilson was pronounced dead.

Findlay officials are searching for the offender, driving a 05′-07′ Jeep Liberty. The vehicle is thought to have damage in the front.

The police are hoping to speak to anyone with information.

Please call 419-425-TIPS.

Billy Watts crashed into a utility pole on Sept. 24 and left his injured passenger alone on the road. Kyle Jungkans, 25, was seriously injured and taken to Rush-Copley Medical Center when medical crews arrived on the scene.

Watts has been charged with three felonies including driving under the influence, failure to report an accident involving personal injury or death, and failure to stop after an accident has occurred involving personal injury or death.

As of now, Jungkans is in stable condition and has been released from the hospital.

A bicyclist was left alone on a Pennsylvania road Thursday after being hit by a pickup truck.

The pickup continued on down the road after the accident and allegedly never saw the man.

James Perkins was rushed by helicopter to Hershey Medical Center for head trauma, where he remains in serious condition as of Friday.

Police are conducting an investigation on the hit and run. The driver’s identity is still unknown.

Jermaine Finley was driving a vehicle on Interstate 29 when passenger John Wakefield asked Finley to pull over near Onawa. When Wakefield got out of the vehicle he was struck by a semitrailer.

Wakefield, of Sioux City, was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Finley fled the accident scene. He was charged Wednesday with leaving the scene of a fatal accident, stopping in the travel portion of the road, no driver’s license and making a false report to a law enforcement officer.

Finley was booked in the Woodbury County jail in Sioux City.

According to Tulsa Police, a red Chevrolet extended cab pickup struck a motorcycle while attempting to turn at Admiral and Memorial Tuesday. The impact caused the driver of the motorcycle to lose control and crash.

The driver of the pickup fled the scene east on Admiral. Tulsa Police are searching for the driver.

The motorcyclist, who was not wearing a helmet, suffered non-life threatening injuries. He was taken to a hospital as a precaution.

The accident is under investigation.

Leonard Bernard Gregory, 24, was stopped by a Charleston police officer but he sped away and crashed into a vehicle driven by Johnny Vice, 63. Gregory ran out of his car and was picked up by another vehicle that drove away.

Johnny Vice and his wife Betty were killed in the accident.

With the help of witnesses, officers arrested Gregory just before noon Thursday in North Charleston.

Gregory was charged with two counts of leaving the scene of a fatal accident, two counts of reckless homicide, and for driving under suspension.

Jim Gafney, 65, of Chula Vista, California, was bicycling eastbound on U.S. 50 when he was rear-ended by a vehicle driven by Leon K. Marcum of Centralia, Illinois around 12:40 a.m. Sunday.

Marcum fled the accident scene but was later found. According to Marcum he saw the bicyclist but was unable to stop in time. He now faces a felony charge of leaving the scene of a fatal accident.

Gafney was riding to Washington D.C. to protest government bailouts in what he called the “Mad As Hell Bike Ride Across U.S.”

]]> http://personalinjurylawyers360.com/bicyclist-killed-in-hit-and-run-accident-2/feed/ 0 http://personalinjurylawyers360.com/man-arrested-after-fatal-bicycle-accident/ http://personalinjurylawyers360.com/man-arrested-after-fatal-bicycle-accident/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:13:28 +0000 ashley http://personalinjurylawyers360.com/?p=3092 A man has been arrested for his involvement in a bicycle accident that resulted in the death of a female rider in New Mexico.

Heather Reu, 42, was riding her bicycle on Paseo del Volcan when she was rear-ended by a car driven by Daniel Gomez, 40, near Double Eagle Airport. Reu was killed in the accident.

Gomez initially fled the scene of the accident but returned when he was found by witnesses. Gomez was booked at the Metropolitan Detention Center on charges of leaving the scene of an accident and for having narcotics on him.

The accident is under investigation.

The woman, 40, was riding a motorcycle northbound on Gratiot near Maxwell when she was cut off by a white full-sized conversion van, causing her to run into the passenger side around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to Sgt. Eren Stephens Bell of the Detroit Police Department.

The motorcyclist was transported to an area hospital where she was listed in critical condition.

Police are looking for the driver of the van that had fled the accident scene south on Maxwell.

Andy J. Maguino, 30, of Morris Township was driving on Mount Kemble Avenue in Morristown when he struck Alice Myers on December 13, 2008. Maguino originally left the scene but voluntarily returned an hour later.

Maguino pled guilty to leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in serious bodily injury. He will be sentenced next month.