And in "Reservation Road, " a New England professor (Joaquim Phoenix) becomes obsessed with avenging his son, killed in a hit-and-run accident.

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From a small incident here a hit-and-run accident the film spirals out until it starts to call into question a whole range of apparent social certainties.

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In addition to the boy in Boston, an elderly woman in Prospect, Conn. out using a snow blower was killed Friday night in a hit-and-run accident.

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His death was a hit-and-run accident.

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By contrast, almost no one could afford outright the medical bills of a serious hit-and-run car accident, or a long-term illness brought about through no fault of your own.

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Xinos was sentenced to seven years in prison for drunk driving, vehicular manslaughter, and fleeing the scene of an accident after a hit-and-run in 2006 that killed a 15-year-old boy.

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From my perspective, I agree with Bill Richardson that there is a public safety concern here and that we're better off, because I don't want a bunch of hit-and-run drivers, because they're worried about being deported and so they don't report an accident.

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