I would have been on my phone calling the cops right after the collison. Don't move your car and say your blocking traffic, they will get their fast enough. If the guy ran get his plate and they will nail him for a hit and run. Chances are he has drugs or guns in the car and they will nail him for that to, the car was probably not even his. I drive threw some crappy parts of New Haven every day going to school, these people are trash and need to be treated as such. Chances are you will never get a penny out of him, sueing him is a wast of time so what you get a $5k small claims settlement do you think that guy has $5k dollars or $5k in assets? He probably works at a part time job for $8 an hour or sucks in welfare.
I hope you can get your car fixed if the door is hard to shut thats a very bad sign. Get a good body shop to look at it but I would say your probably right it is a gone.
