Bike-pedestrian accident, 11pm January 8
I was crossing Valencia last night at 16th St at about 11pm. In the middle of the street, I was hit by a cyclist. Both of us had a green light but the cyclist was turning left and said that he hit me because he didn't see me. I saw two cyclists coming but only realized at the last second that the first one was actually heading right for me. I think I was hit by his body because it felt like being slugged really hard. I fell backward and hit my head on the asphalt.

The cyclist stopped and introduced himself as Patrick. He was dark-haired, fair-skinned, with a long oval face, wearing a black cap with a small brim. He may have a beard. I was wearing a long purple coat and am brown-haired and freckled. I was with two guys, one tall with dark brown hair and one of medium height with sandy brown hair, wearing a hat. Patrick was with a woman whose description I don't recall. Both were riding the type of road bike commonly seen in the Mission. Unfortunately I was not completely on top of things, having just hit my head, and was tired and wanted to get out of there, so I neglected to exchange full contact information with Patrick.

I'm doing okay this morning and just have some bad bruises, a bit of swelling, and an area of the back of my scalp that's injured. Nothing seems to be serious, but in case anything comes up, I would like to get Patrick's full name and contact info, and the names and contact info of anyone who saw this accident.

If you have any information, particularly if you are Patrick or know him, please send me email at polyhymnia@livejournal.com; I would really appreciate it.