Community Chat

[Kachina624]

We recently had an incident in Albuquerque  where a woman was speeding and driving erratically on a freeway.  She hit something (median I think), a door popped open and a toddler in a child seat flew out landing on the highway.  She stopped briefly, a man jumped out and took off running, then the woman drove off leaving the child in the middle of the freeway.

There were witnesses who grabbed the child and took him to safety and called the police with the license number of the car.  They picked her up at her house in a few minutes and she was drunk.  Child fortunately was not seriously injured but did have cuts and bruises.

[Moonchilde]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

We recently had an incident in Albuquerque  where a woman was speeding and driving erratically on a freeway.  She hit something (median I think), a door popped open and a toddler in a child seat flew out landing on the highway.  She stopped briefly, a man jumped out and took off running, then the woman drove off leaving the child in the middle of the freeway.

There were witnesses who grabbed the child and took him to safety and called the police with the license number of the car.  They picked her up at her house in a few minutes and she was drunk.  Child fortunately was not seriously injured but did have cuts and bruises.

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And presumably NOT returned to mom, hopefully for a good long while.

[2blonde]

I used to think that alcohol and drug addiction was the biggest menace on our highways.  These days, I'm not sure if it's that, or cellphone addiction.

[MorningLover]

A  hit and run in my area a few months ago was caught on video.

The victim was crossing a street corner shortly before 3 p.m. when

she was hit by a car. Police said the driver pulled into a gas station

and hid behind an SUV to check out the scene before she fled !!

This was all caught on a surveillance camera. It showed her pulling

into a gas station, getting out of her car and looking over to where

the victim laid (with other onlookers ). She then got back in her car

and drove off !! 

The 31-year-old victim was taken to the Medical Center with

serious injuries.

Police said the suspect was driving a maroon Chrysler.

Her license plate was covered with snow.

This video was shown on TV and a young girl eventually turned herself in.

[Noel7]

For sure it isn't all we hear about, and it's nothing new.  We've heard about hit and run for as long as I can remember.

The only difference is that now we have cameras that capture many of them.

[ROMARY]

Everybody (well, almost) seems to be looking down now-a-days.  Drivers, walkers, etc., etc.  Whatever happened to good posture?

[123SuzyQ123]

Also here in Arizona last week, a guy driving under the influence hit some bikers, killing 2 of them.  I think they were age 68 and age 72.  He did not leave the scene though, he stayed and was given a sobriety test, which he failed.  So sad for the 2 elderly victims.

[SahmIam]

*Uninsured

*Not documented

*Prior convictions

The top reasons people flee from the scene as per a family member who investigates hit and runs.

[sidsmom]

I agree with many posters upthread ^^^.

Hit & Run:

The 'Hit' is bad, but it happens often.

What's troubling is the 'RUN.'

More often, those hit & run drivers are under the influence.

Another scenario is they are 100% sober & hit someone by mistake.  

The 'run' comes because they're guilty of something else...and poor judgement makes them believe they can outrun that guilt. 

@SahmIam

Good post....and good reasons.

My SO was on patrol for years...those are many of the excuses for a 'run'. 

[maestra]

@ROMARY to answer your question: cell phones