Originally Posted by
Digital_Cowboy
The driver that started the chain reaction could have used his car to protect the woman that he hit.
He was probably panicking and never even thought of it. He probably wishes he'd done so now.
As for the "Bike friendly community" signs, that's irrelevant. Cyclists will die in the most bike friendly areas too. (Hopefully less often, but it does happen.)
As for the motorist that drove off, nothing is going to happen to them. Two other cars hit the cyclist, and if the cyclist is a body on the road no jury would convict a driver of running over them -- especially when another driver did exactly the same thing. They could nail this person with leaving the scene, but all the person has to do is claim that they thought they hit some debris and that would do it.