Conn. pedestrian who inspired morality debate dies

[Starbucks Anarchist]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090512/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_ignored_hit_and_run

HARTFORD, Conn. – A Hartford man has died a year after he was left paralyzed and mute in a hit-and-run accident that was mostly ignored by witnesses and inspired a debate about the city's morality.

Angel Arce Torres was removed from life support Monday in Hartford Hospital and died of injuries suffered in the accident, said his son, Angel Arce. He was 79.

A surveillance camera recorded the accident May 30, 2008, in a busy Hartford neighborhood about a mile from the state Capitol.

Torres was walking across Park Street when two wrong-way drivers raced into view. One zipped by Torres, while the second struck him, flipping him head over heels and leaving him twisted and motionless in the street.

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[CTyankee]

1. It wasn't true that he was ignored. Several people came forward to help

or called 911 from a distance, knowing they couldn't offer emergency care.