UPDATE at 7 p.m.: This story has been updated to include a prosecutor's report explaining why criminal charges weren't pursued against the tow-truck driver.

The mother of a 22-year-old Reed College graduate who died after a tow truck turned in front of his bicycle has filed a $4 million lawsuit against the driver and the company.

Mark Angeles had the right of way at the time of the noon crash on May 27, 2015, according to the lawsuit filed Thursday in Multnomah County Circuit Court.

Angeles was in the bike lane and was traveling west on Southeast Gladstone Street in Portland, according to the suit. The tow truck was eastbound as it pulled a Volvo sedan. That's when driver Jolene Friedow, 40, made a left-hand turn in front of Angeles and onto Southeast Cesar Chavez Boulevard.

Angeles died at the scene. Police said he was wearing a helmet.

Neither North Oregon Towing, of Estacada, or Jolene Friedow could be reached for comment Friday.

After prosecutors reviewed the evidence in the case, they decided not to pursue criminal charges against Friedow. A November report by the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office found that Friedow had started turning left across the intersection as the light turned from green to yellow, and Angeles began to cross the intersection while the light was already yellow.

The collision occurred while the light was still yellow.

The seconds leading up to the incident were partially caught on video by the tow truck's camera and a nearby gas station's surveillance camera.

While one officer said it appeared that Angeles was speeding up as he approached the intersection, the lead police investigator reported that he didn't see any change in Angeles' speed.

Prosecutor Laura Rowan determined that neither Angeles -- at 28 mph an hour -- or Friedow -- at 10 mph -- were traveling at an "excessive speed" in the 25 mph zone.

Angeles crashed into the front passenger side of the tow truck.

After the crash, Friedow was crying and ran to the window of an arriving patrol car and exclaimed "I didn't even see him!", according to the DA's report.

After the DA's office closed its criminal investigation, Portland police ticketed Friedow for making a dangerous left turn, a civil infraction. She paid a $261 fine.

The suit faults Friedow for her driving and the towing company for allegedly failing to train her on "how to drive its tow truck safely in urban areas where bicyclists are likely to be present."

Angeles had graduated nine days earlier from Reed. He was a chemistry and environmental studies major, and one of a dozen students that faculty selected to represent what it means to be a Reed graduate.

His family is from Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The suit seeks $7,400 for Angeles' burial and funeral expense, $3 million for the pecuniary loss to his estate and $1 million for his mother's loss of companionship and services.

Portland attorneys Cynthia Newton and Ray Thomas are representing Angeles' mother, Maria Gemma Angeles, in the suit.

Read the lawsuit here.

-- Aimee Green

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