Most people know that being a cyclist in Miami isn't the healthiest choice you can make.
But now there is video proof. A Youtube video has surfaced which allegedly shows an incident in January where a Miami-Dade transit bus mows down a cyclist on Biscayne Boulevard. The footage comes from the on board camera on the bus.
Watch the video here.
Cyclist Pier Raccuglia is suing the county over the accident, claiming the bus driver tried to run him off the road. He suffered a broken foot in the accident.
"It was pain like you've never felt," Raccuglia told the New Times. "What pissed me off -- pardon my French -- is that the driver didn't get out of the bus to help me. And she never apologized."
In the video, the unnamed bus driver sounds less than concerned for the cyclist's well-being after she hits him.
"He came into this bus. I didn't hit him. He did that sh-- on purpose," the driver is overheard telling concerned passengers on the bus. "He was looking for an accident. He is OK. I'm not nervous and I'm not scared."
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Earlier in the video, the bus driver honks at the cyclist after the both make a left turn. They travel in the same direction for a few blocks before the bus sends Raccuglia into the gutter.
