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The Portland Police Bureau's North Precinct.

(Portland police)

A Portland cyclist is suing the city for up to $10,000 for injuries she suffered when a police car drove out of a precinct parking garage and hit her bike a year ago.

The cruiser was going too fast and didn't have its lights or siren on, Haley Miller alleges in her lawsuit filed last week in

.

The collision occurred about 9 a.m. June 5, 2012, as Police Officer James Habkirk was responding to a burglary call, the suit says. He headed out of the garage next to the

at Northeast Killingsworth Street and Sixth Avenue.

Miller, 28, had just left the post office nearby and was riding her Schwinn on the sidewalk along Killingsworth when she was hit, according to the police report of the accident.

The impact destroyed the $750 bike and Miller had $3,860 in medical bills for injuries to her shoulders, back, neck and left leg, her suit says. Some of the injuries may be permanent, the suit says.

She has had difficulty walking and has experienced constant pain, the suit says.

A page in the police report on the collision shows the scene.

Habkirk, a 19-year Portland officer, still works at the North Precinct. In the police report, he said he stopped before the sidewalk as he was leaving the parking garage to turn left onto Killingsworth, looked both ways and saw no cars, pedestrians or bikes.

When he started to roll onto the sidewalk, he said he looked left for traffic on Killingsworth. Then his front bumper hit Miller's bike and knocked her off.

Miller told him she wasn't sure if she was hurt, Habkirk said. When he called for medical help, Miller told responders she wasn't injured and didn't need treatment, he reported.

Miller disputes the officer's explanation of what happened, said her attorney, Jeremiah Ross of Portland.

Police declined comment, citing the pending litigation.

– Margaret Haberman