PA Hit & Run Crashes in 2009

Posted on: July 10th, 2012       Attorney Thomas Newell

At a March 2010 hearing of the Pennsylvania Senate Transportation Committee, a PA State Police representative testified that his officers investigated 7,345 hit and run accidents in 2009.  454 of those hit & run crashes resulted in death or serious injury.  As reported on neastphilly.com, numerous witnesses testified and all requested stronger penalties to decrease Pennsylvania hit and run collisions.