A 27-year-old Windsor man charged with driving into three pedestrians on a Hartford sidewalk and trying to flee after Saturday's St. Patrick's Day parade on Saturday afternoon has posted $50,000 bail and was ordered to appear in court next week.
Police said Geraldo Luciano hit three pedestrians on Trumbull Street around 4 p.m., sped away, got into another crash and fled again before being arrested on Interstate 91 near the Hartford-Windsor line on Saturday.
Sandy Hook first responders, who marched in the parade and were having a meal with Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra, were the first to respond and assist the victims, according to a spokesman from Segarra's office.
The pedestrians were taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Luciano was charged with four counts of evading responsibility, three counts of first-degree reckless endangerment, reckless driving and making an improper U-turn. He's to be arraigned March 20 at Hartford Superior Court.
Four women jumped from Luciano's car after the second crash. Three of them were treated for minor injuries.
Witnesses said they heard a big bang and saw a red Mustang with a convertible hit a pole.
James Regan was one of the witnesses and said he notified Segarra's security detail.
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"I told him the license plate number and he called it in and next thing you knew, there were police officers coming from everywhere," Regan said.
The crash happened on a day when downtown was bustling with thousands of people because of several events, including the Big East women's basketball tournament.
No one answered a phone call the Associated Press made to a listing for Luciano on Monday.
