So today I was riding my bike in San Francisco at a busy intersection. I rode through a crosswalk legally, but the light changed to yellow as I made it through. However, once I passed the crosswalk I saw an old Chinese lady crossing the street the other way (she started a second or two before the walk sign came on, as people often do at busy intersections). I yelled "heyyyyyyyyy" but it was too late and I hit her and knocked her to the ground (I fell off my bike too I think). I wasn't going very fast, and didn't think she was hurt too bad, but neither her nor her husband spoke English, and some overly concerned onlookers called an ambulance and the police. So eventually the police came. I gave my side of the story, some asshole bleeding heart onlookers gave theirs that I'm a terrible evil bike marauder, but the cops agreed with me that it was an accident. Unfortunately, the lady was immobilized and taken away on a stretcher and put into the ambulance. From what I could tell, at worst her knee is a little banged up but who knows considering her age (probably late 60's)? For whatever reason, one of the cops told me some story about a lady who recently got hit by a bike, seemed fine, but died a week later from the injuries. Great. He also told me that somehow this type of thing becomes a car insurance situation.
So here's my question: Am I going to get sued?
