The family of a 41-year-old cyclist who died last month in a collision with a garbage truck in Southeast Portland has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the garbage company.

Tamar Monhait's family faults the driver for making a left turn in front of Monhait on Southeast Water Avenue, a few blocks north of the Hawthorne Bridge in the Central Eastside Industrial District.

The lawsuit was filed Friday in Multnomah County Circuit Court against the garbage company, Republic Services Alliance Group. The company didn’t immediately respond to a phone message and an email seeking comment.

The collision happened at 1:50 a.m. on Aug. 21. Monhait died at the scene.

Monhait was traveling north on Water Avenue in the bike lane when the southbound garbage truck made a left turn onto Taylor Street -- striking Monhait as she continued to pedal north, according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit states that the unnamed driver was traveling too fast and didn’t use a turn signal.

John Coletti, a Portland attorney representing Monhait’s estate, said surveillance video from a nearby restaurant captured the crash.

In the video, Monhait can be seen pedaling, illuminated by a bright flashing light either on her body or her bicycle.

The video shows the garbage truck suddenly turning into Monhait's path. The point of collision is out of the camera's view, but the video shows Monhait’s body lying motionless in the middle of the street behind the truck after the driver stopped almost immediately.

The driver can be seen running out of the truck and to Monhait’s body, then back to the truck, then out to the body again -- possibly as he makes a phone call.

It’s unclear if Monhait was wearing a helmet. Coletti said he hasn't yet been able to acquire police reports to verify that.

There’s no indication that alcohol or drugs were involved in the crash, he said.

Police didn’t write the driver a citation or accuse him of any crimes. The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office is reviewing the case.

The lawsuit claims Republic Services didn't properly train its drivers on making safe left turns.

The suit references a March 2015 incident when a Republic Services garbage truck made an illegal right turn and ran over a downtown office worker, severing his leg. That man, Scott Busch, sued and was awarded $13.5 million, which a judge later reduced to $3.5 million citing tort-claim limits.

Monhait's mother and father, who live in Illinois, are listed as heirs to her estate, according to court papers.

Read a copy of the lawsuit here.

-- Aimee Green