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Ignored Hit-And-Run Victim Dies

ORG XMIT: NY121 FILE - This May 30, 2008 file image taken from a surveillance video and provided by the Hartford Police Department shows a man, lying in the street, center frame, just after a car hit him. The man was tossed like a rag doll by a hit-and-run driver, and car after car zoomed by as he laid motionless on the busy city street. The victim, Angel Arce Torres who was left paralyzed and mute died Monday night May 11, 2009 after being removed from life support. (AP Photo/Hartford Police Dept.) (The Spokesman-Review)
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354

This May 30, 2008, file image taken from a surveillance video and provided by the Hartford Police Department shows a man, lying in the street, center frame, just after a car hit him. The man was tossed like a rag doll by a hit-and-run driver, and car after car zoomed by as he laid motionless on the busy city street. The victim, Angel Arce Torres who was left paralyzed and mute died Monday night after being removed from life support. (AP Photo/Hartford Police Dept.)

Question: Is this an isolated incident? Or are we Americans becoming this calloused?

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