crash_reports: 2100000348

Operator of vehicle one Ziting Liu stated on 05/14/2021 at approximately 17:38 hours she was driving west bound on Commonwealth Ave in her vehicle a 2015 Honda CRV ( MA reg 497yy1 ). Liu stated that she was driving into the setting sun and was wearing sunglasses at the time. Liu stated that as she approached the four way intersection with Chestnut St she observed that west and east bound traffic on Commonwealth Ave had a green light and that north and south bound traffic on Chestnut St had a red light. Liu slowed her vehicle to turn left onto the south bound lane of Chestnut St. It should be noted that both Commonwealth Ave and Chestnut St are both public ways in the City of Newton. Liu stated that she did not observed any " cars " driving east bound on Commonwealth Ave so she proceed to make the left turn onto Chestnut St. Liu stated that she realized that her vehicle has struck an unknown object as she was turning left. Liu stopped her vehicle and saw that her vehicle had struck a female bicyclist. Liu stated that the bicyclist was thrown from their bike and was on the ground. Liu stated that she was not injured as a result of the crash. Liu's vehicle had damage to the front passenger side hood . The front passenger side of Liu's windshield had an inward crack that was approximately 12 inches in length and 12 inches in width. The type of inward crack on the windshield is indicative of an outside force making contact with it. Liu's vehicle was towed by Tody's Services to their lot for storage. I filled out a towed motor vehicle form. Bicyclist Isabella Turinovic stated that she was ridding her bike , east bound on commonwealth Ave near Chestnut St. Turinovic stated that east bound traffic had a green light. Turinovic stated that as she was crossing over Chestnut St Liu's vehicle struck her causing her to hit the windshield. Turinovic was tossed from her bike and onto the roadway. Turinovic was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash. Turinovic stated that she did not lose consciousness and she was transported to Newton Wellesley Hospital via EMS from treatment . Turinovic agreed to have her bike taken by NFD Ladder One to be stored at NFD station Two. I took photo's of Liu's vehicle, Turinovic's bike and the disk was downloaded by the NPD IT Bureau. Witnees Alexander Delima stated that he was the first vehicle stopped a red light on Chestnut St in the south bound lane. Delima stated that Liu's vehicle did not yield to Turinovic as she turned left onto the south bound lane of Chestnut St from the west bound lane of Commonwealth Ave .A second witness Lindsay Bentis stated that she was the second vehicle stopped a the red light in the south bound lane of Chestnut St behind Delima. Bentis stated that she also saw Liu fail to yield to Turinovic as she turned onto Chestnut St. Based upon statements made to be by all involved parties, I concluded that Liu is at fault for this crash. I issued via U.S. Mail, Liu MA Uniform Citation T1446670 and cited her for a violation of MGL 90/14, failure to yield to oncoming bicyclist when turning left.