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The shadow of a bicycle rider at an intersection. Between 2010 and 2019 in Colorado, 4,425 bicyclists were injured in intersection or intersection-related crashes where officers believed drivers were at fault.
Jeb Smith was on his after-work bicycle ride, crossing the road to get to a park, when he was hit.
“The truck came out of nowhere taking this left turn and barreled into me,” Smith said. “I was thrown up onto the car and then they backed off and I kind of rolled off onto the ground and hit the ground.”
The crash happened in November 2019, on a somewhat busy corner in south Denver, where Logan Street and Iliff Avenue intersect. Smith, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan and works as a financial analyst, was left with a long list of injuries, including head trauma and lingering shoulder issues.