Originally Posted by sauerwald

If you look at the photos, the police car is in the far left lane - the lane from which you would make a left turn. His vehicle is turned to the right, implying that at the point of impact, the motor vehicle was turning to the right to avoid something on his left. The damage to the police vehicle is on the left side of the windshield - all of this seems to imply that the cyclist was in the left turn lane, not making an 'abrupt left turn' as the news reports seem to state. One of the photos that helps me in looking at it this way is the overhead shot Here. I think that the police car involved in the crash is the one towards the bottom of the frame, based on the location of the front wheels relative to the crosswalk lines in the intersection - which can be seen in the photo above the aerial shot.