I was riding Northbound on Washington street, probably going about 25 mph due to the fact that I was riding downhill. The light ahead of me was green and I was five car lengths away from the corner of Washington St and Park Ave. The Land cruiser left a parking spot on Southbound Washington and made an illegal u turn, at this point I was two car lengths away from the Land cruiser. The Land cruiser could not complete the u turn because of its size and was forced to back up, they were perpendicular to Washington St at this point. I veered to the left and applied my brakes in order to miss the car, but I crashed in to the rear passenger side of the car at a speed of 5-10 mph.
I asked the driver to call the police and he refused. My friend handed me a bandanna to place on my face as my cheek was bleeding profusely. I had to call the police myself. They arrived on the scene over a half an hour later and interviewed both parties. I was treated by the EMT's for my face wound. I refused being taken to the emergency room. The police interviewed myself and the driver separately. They also interviewed the passenger in the car. They did not interview the two witnesses to the accident who were riding behind me.
The witnesses heard the driver lie to the police concerning the details of the accident. The driver stated that he had been parking. He stated that I struck him from behind and he did not admit to making the u-turn.
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