Multiple Hit-and-Run Incidents Cause Injuries, Deaths Across US Cities

Multiple incidents involving drivers striking pedestrians or police officers have occurred across the United States recently. In Boston, a driver with a suspended license led police on a dangerous chase, dragging an officer and causing multiple collisions before being stopped, with officers sustaining injuries. Yonkers police released body camera footage of an officer struck and pinned by a fleeing driver, who was later apprehended and charged with assault and leaving the scene. In Santa Ana, a pedestrian was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver, with police actively seeking information to identify the suspect. Similarly, the Grande Prairie RCMP arrested a driver involved in a hit-and-run that seriously injured a pedestrian known to the suspect. In New Town, North Dakota, a man was charged with criminal vehicular injury after backing into an elderly pedestrian, who was seriously hurt and hospitalized.