<![CDATA[Jalopnik: hartford, connecticut]]> http://tags.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: hartford, connecticut]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/hartfordconnecticut http://jalopnik.com/tag/hartfordconnecticut <![CDATA[Driver Discovers New Way To Wheelie Dump Truck]]> We have to hand it to Freddie Mitchell of Hartford, Connecticut for inadvertently discovered a new way to wheelie dump trucks: by leaving their beds raised then ramming overhead signs at highway speeds.

Mitchell, 62-years young, pulled out of a roadside construction site along I-84 with is bed fully raised in "dump" mode. Accelerating hard for 3/4 of a mile, he made contact with the sign for Exit 63 at highway speed. The impact lifted the truck's cab 20-feet into the air for a truly epic wheelie, but because the sign failed to give way, Mitchell was then stuck in an extremely precarious position.

It took nearly an hour for Mitchell's support crew/local emergency workers to brace the truck against it falling and then lift him down with a cherry picker. Local commuters were thrilled to witness such a daring spectacle. [via Courant.com]

]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5164830&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Elderly Man Hit By Car, Nobody Seems To Care]]> This is one of those shocking pieces of video which makes you wonder about the fate of civilization. 78-year-old Angel Arce Torres was crossing a Hartford, Connecticut street on May 30th when a passing car hit him and then sped away from the scene. That's not really the shocking part; things like that happen every day. The shocking (and sad) part is the reaction from passers-by: Nothing. Oh sure, moped guy circles the man in the street, and someone probably calls 911 'cause the cops show eventually, but still. Torres is in critical condition in a Hartford Hospital and the police are hunting for the scumbag hit-and-runners. [NewYorkPost]

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