I don't see anything wrong with saying that the cyclist hit him. I almost had a nasty accident where a motorist ran a stop sign when I had the ROW, and I definitely would have hit him as opposed to him hitting me. Doesn't change the fault of the matter.

I'm getting less enamored of right turn on red laws as they are now observed by motorists. Few motorists give more than a cursory glance towards oncoming traffic, much less look at what is on the sidewalks. I have to say that I'm not sure how you are supposed to see an unlit cyclist in the dark. When I was younger, I rode fairly frequently without a front light, but you can't ride through many intersections at speed that way, that's asking for it.