Bike/Car collision yesterday, NOW with eye-witness report.

James over at Cyclebum (local cyclist blog) just emailed me about a collision scene he came upon in front of the Bob Bullock museum yesterday. No clue as to who got hit or who was at fault, but a bike and a car were involved and the car's windshield looks remarkably similar to a stripper's CRV windshield that I went into about 2 years back...

According to James there was a brakeless fixed gear bike in the back of the cruiser, but no ambulances or other emergency personnel. If anyone has any info on this accident drop me a line, hopefully everyone involved is ok.

UPDATE:

Chuck over on the BicycleAustin.info Forums posted an eye-witness report of the incident yesterday. According to him, the driver was at fault and ran a red light to cause the collision, and the cyclist was injured, but ambulatory. Check it:

Today about 3pm I was riding my bike in front of the Texas History Museum at MLK and Congress when I heard an impact and car tires screech. I looked behind me and saw that an auto/bicycle collision had occurred in the intersection. The car was badly damaged with a smashed in passenger side windshield and bent metal on the roof. Amazingly, the bicyclist, a 30yr old man on a red fixie, walked away from the crash. His arm was bleeding badly and his shoulder was broken and/or dislodged. He was taken away in an ambulance; I suspect that he may have incurred internal injuries. He was badly shaken but coherent and did not appear to have incurred any head injuries. He was not wearing a helmet.

Eye witnesses reported to police that the auto driver, a Hispanic woman that looked to be in her late 20 and spoke very little English, ran thru a stale red light going east on MLK. She was driving a green late 90s Nissan Altima. Witnesses reported that she did not hit her brakes until after hitting the cyclist. She stayed at the accident scene and did not appear to be impaired, but she too was badly shaken.

When police asked for her driver’s license, she produced some type of license or ID card that was not a Texas issued card. I didn't see it closely enough to see exactly what it was. Upon request for proof of insurance, she told some story about just getting the car and produced no documents for the officer. The interaction between the officer and driver was facilitated by a bystander who translated. The officer shook his head in apparent frustration at the end of this interaction. I told the driver in Spanish to 'Stop driving'.
When I left, the officer was conducting some observations of the intersection and the driver had not been arrested but was still present.

I stayed on the scene and tried to ensure that all the eyewitness gave a statement to the police. When I returned to my bicycle, I found that someone had left a small bouquet of little flowers on my handlebar with a nice note. Those little flowers and the note strengthened my faith in humanity. They are still in my saddlebag. -chuck-

Thanks for the report Chuck!