UPDATE: Identification Still Need for Hit & Run Driver and Truck

The Santa Rosa Police Department (SRPD) is asking for the community's help in identifying the driver and truck involved in a hit-and-run collision with a motorcycle that left the motorcycle rider with serious injuries in April 2024. Please look at the attached photos and contact SRPD Accident Investigator Riley Howard at 707-543-3600 x 8541 or rhoward@srcity.org with any information. SRPD case number 24-5127.

Suspect Vehicle: Gray 2004-2008 Ford F-150 FX4 (Four Door)
Suspect: The driver was possibly wearing a black and white flannel-style top.  The driver’s gender, age, and race are unknown at this time.
Distinct features about the vehicle:
-Apparent stickers in the top driver side corner of the windshield
-Distinct Black Rims
-FX4 sticker on the bed of the truck and white in the middle of the taillights
-No front license plate and rectangular fog lamps
-Silver side steps
-Driver wearing apparent black/white flannel style top

Media inquiries can be made to Sgt. Patricia Seffens at 707-543-3634 or pseffens@srcity.org



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SRPD News Release: Motorcycle collision update

On Tuesday April 30, 2024, at approximately 2:55 p.m., officers with the Santa Rosa Police Department (SRPD) and Santa Rosa Fire Department (SRFD) personnel were dispatched to the intersection of Hopper Avenue and Airway Drive for a reported collision between a motorcycle and a pickup truck. Several witnesses called 911 and reported the pickup truck had collided with the motorcycle then fled the scene. The motorcyclist was lying unresponsive in the roadway.

SRPD Accident Investigators responded to the scene with fire and medical personnel. The motorcyclist appeared to have life-threatening injuries and was immediately transported to a local hospital. Several witnesses told investigators the motorcyclist was traveling east on Hopper Avenue with a green light when the pickup truck made a left turn in front of the motorcycle from westbound Hopper, trying to turn to southbound Airway. The pickup truck collided with the motorcycle in the intersection of Hopper Avenue and Airway Drive, and immediately fled the scene. The driver of the pickup truck did not stop to render aid to the motorcyclist or call 911 to report the collision.

Witnesses told investigators that the pickup truck was a Ford F150, possibly grey or silver in color. Accident Investigators have worked diligently to develop information that may lead to the identification of the involved pickup truck and any occupant(s) at the time of the collision.
SRPD is looking for the public’s help in locating the suspect vehicle involved in this collision. 
During the investigation, investigators learned the suspect truck is a gray 2004-2008, Ford F-150 FX4 (four-door). Additionally, the truck has the following distinctive characteristics.

• Apparent stickers in the top driver side corner of the windshield
• Distinctive black rims
• FX4 sticker on the bed of the truck
• No front license plate
• Rectangular fog lamps
• Silver side steps

The driver was possibly wearing a black and white flannel-style top.  The driver’s gender, age, and race are unknown at this time.
A photograph has been attached for reference. 
If you have seen this vehicle or can help identify the owner, please contact SRPD Accident Investigator R. Howard at 707-543-8541 or rhoward@srcity.org
Santa Rosa Police Department case #24-5127