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Yes, it sounds like a dubious decision. Normally, the vehicle that hits something is considered at fault, since you are supposed to look where you are going and stop if there is something there.

Williams could have entered the intersection on a yellow, hoping to make a quick turn, but you don’t just go when the light turns green, you look for cars that may be cutting things a little close. That’s what defensive driving is all about.

I was a witness to an accident at an intersection with a lot of lanes and a sports car next to me waiting at a red light. The sports car took off very quickly and suddenly, I missed whether the light had turned green before he did, but it was green when I looked up at it an instant later so he was close at least. I also noticed a car racing through the intersection from the left trying to beat the light...and the sports car ended up ramming it right in the side. I had not even taken my foot off the brake before the accident happened.

I waited for the police to show up so they could get my contact information as a witness.

Later a judge called me and interviewed me about it. After describing the incident, he asked me who I thought was at fault, and I said both of them. If either of them had been driving reasonably the accident would not have happened.

"Normally, the vehicle that hits something is considered at fault, since you are supposed to look where you are going and stop if there is something there."

The obvious exception to "normally" being when one has the green light...

Do try to use reason here, please.

It is really hard to say when going off a couple of statements in an article. Most of us, while cruising down the street take our foot off the break when the light we are approaching turns green. I can't tell by this if Williams was already in the intersection or entered it after her light turned red.

I damn near got T-Boned at an intersection. Three lanes, Right turn, Left turn and my straight ahead lane. Truck on my right so could not see traffic from the right. I was stopped at the red light. When the light turned green I started through the intersection. The truck on my right moved into the intersection to make the right turn. I was not in a hurry so I was moving slow. When I got to the center, a car from my right blew through the intersection missing my front end by a few inches. Had I been in a hurry, he would have drilled me. This had to be at least 5 seconds after the light changed. He never slowed down. Probably doing 40 MPH or better.

So again, would need more info. Camera shots would help too.