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Hit and Run
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Hit and Run
Medical slang A flippant term for performing an operation quickly so as not to be late for another engagement
Public safety An RTA/MVA in which the driver—often intoxicated at the time of the accident—strikes a pedestrian, bicyclist or other vehicle, and leaves the scene of the accident, often without informing authorities or emergency services; abandoning a scene is a criminal act that implies a lack of concern for the victim’s safety and welfare and thus carries severe penalties


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Byline: VICTORIA McMAHON; KEITH ANDERSON A YOUNG man killed by a hit-and-run driver "lived for his running", his dad said yesterday.
A HIT-and-run driver has admitted mowing down a 92-year-old Midland pensioner and leaving him for dead.
Josh Berrill was killed when hit-and-run driver Mohammed Hussain ploughed into him in Burney Lane, Alum Rock, in August 2004.
 
 
 
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