Crime Time

Man on scooter dies from Arlington wreck injuries; police seek hit-and-run driver

An Arlington man who was hit by a hit-and-run driver as he drove a motorized scooter last week has died, authorities said Tuesday.

James Hawley, 64, died Monday at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth.

He suffered multiple blunt force injuries and his death was a homicide, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner's office.

Arlington police continued their search Tuesday for the driver.

There's more in this update from Domingo Ramirez Jr.

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/01/22/4566297/arlington-hit-and-run-victim-dies.html#storylink=cpy

Report: Man fled Dallas crash, leaving injured girl in roadway

The Dallas Morning News reported this morning that a man fled the scene after an overnight crash that seriously injured a 5-year-old girl, who was ejected from his vehicle and left on the side of the road.

Three other kids were in the car and at least one of them was injured in the crash, the Morning News reported.

Police said the crash occurred about 10:45 p.m. in the Pleasant Grove area of southeast Dallas when the vehicle struck a utility pole. He then drove the SUV to a nearby park, where he left two of the children but ran off the an infant who was later found safe with a relative, the paper reported.

The injured 5-year-old girl was taken to Children's Medical Center Dallas, the Morning News reported.

-- Lance Murray

Police: Actor hit car, injuring mom and child, then fled scene

Actor and TV host Gary Collins is wanted by police in Jackson, Miss., who say he rear-ended a car -- injuring a woman and her child -- and then fleeing, the Clarion Ledger reported.

Collins, who police said left the scene of the crash, was clearly intoxicated, witness told police, the newspaper reported. Police traced the vehicle's registration to Collins.

The actor was once the host of the Miss America pageant on television.

Collins has had run-ins with the law over DUI before, the newspaper reported. Collins is married to Mary Ann Mobley, an actress and former Miss America. They have lived in Mississippi, the paper reported.

-- Lance Murray