Wild Hit and Run Accident Caught on Tape

I just found this at AmericaBlog, and it's startling--a bit graphic, so be warned--and a fascinating character study. A jaywalking man gets hit by a car that seems to come from nowhere alongside a second car that isn't where it should be either.

What I find even stranger than the crash--and the despicable desertion of the drivers--is that this man is lying unconscious in the middle of a busy road, and people largely go about their lives, walking on down the street. A motorcyclist looks like he's turning around to help, and then just keeps going. Once again, it is kind of graphic, but remember, the guy didn't die if that helps.



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Video shows bystanders ignoring hit-and-run victim

. . .The chilling scene — captured on video by a streetlight surveillance camera — has touched off a round of soul-searching in Hartford, with the capital city's biggest newspaper blaring "SO INHUMANE" on the front page and the police chief lamenting: "We no longer have a moral compass. . ."

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