Jun 5, 2008 4:10 pm US/Eastern
Hit-And-Run Video Shows Callousness Of Bystanders
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) ―
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This surveillance image shows cars continuing to drive by the injured man without stopping.
WBZ
Hartford Police Chief Daryl Roberts says a surveillance tape of a hit-and-run accident shows a callousness that has pervaded the capital city.
The tape shows 78-year-old Angel Arce Torres being hit by a car on Park Street last week. The car appeared to be chasing another vehicle, and both sped away down a side street after the incident.
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Raw video of the man being hit and drivers passing byBut what really has appalled Hartford officials is that the tape shows numerous cars and pedestrians passing by Torres as he lies motionless in the street. Police only found out what happened when they were driving near the scene responding to an unrelated call.
Authorities say Torres is now paralyzed. He's being treated at Hartford Hospital.
Police released the videotape this week with the hope that someone will come forward and identify the drivers of the two cars. Police are asking anyone with information to call them.
Roberts says the tape shows how people have no regard for each other these days. He also cites several recent incidents in the city, including the mugging of 71-year-old former Deputy Mayor Nicholas Carbone and the discovery of the body of a man in his family's foreclosed home.
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