PORTLAND — Mayor Sam Adams said he had nothing to drink before causing a three-vehicle collision Sunday night, and it’s “absurd” to think Portland police would give him special treatment.

A second witness said Tuesday that Adams had alcohol on his breath after the crash that damaged the three vehicles, but didn’t injure anyone. Several other witnesses, including the men whose cars were hit, said the mayor didn’t seem impaired by alcohol.

“Had I known that people would be saying this kind of baloney I would have asked for a Breathalyzer test,” Adams told The Oregonian newspaper.

On Tuesday, Portland police released an accident report, written in response to media inquiries, acknowledging that a witness said Adams smelled of alcohol. Officers, however, didn’t see any evidence Adams was drunk and declined to make him take a field-sobriety test.

“If the guy had been drinking, you can bet your butt that I would have arrested him,” Sgt. Ron Berry said.

According to police, Adams was trying to pass a Subaru wagon on the right when it made a right turn in front of him. Adams said he thought the driver was going to turn left.

“Obviously, I was wrong,” Adams said.

Adams’ pickup pushed the Subaru over a curb, through shrubs and into a parked Honda Accord, continuing across a store parking lot about 100 feet, witnesses said.

“I went for the brake, but my foot slipped off the brake and hit the gas,” Adams said.

Scott Joslin, 37, the manager of a Car Toys store in Portland, said he saw the crash and ran to help.

Joslin, who said he did not know who Adams was, said he could smell alcohol and the pickup driver’s eyes looked a bit glazed. He said Adams asked whether everybody was OK, then got in his truck, shut the door and got on his cell phone.

Joslin said he told police about smelling alcohol on the driver’s breath. He said the sergeant said, “You know who that is? That’s your mayor.”

KATU-TV reporter Adam Ghassemi told The Oregonian he arrived about a half-hour after the crash and didn’t smell alcohol.

“I made a point to stand next to him and chit-chat for five minutes,” Ghassemi said. “He never swayed or slurred speech or gave me any indication that he was under the influence of anything.”

Adams said he asked police for no special treatment and none was given. He noted that the police union has called for his resignation over the Beau Breedlove sex scandal.

“To think they’re going to cut me any slack is absurd,” Adams said.