A defense witness, Richard Garden, a Severna Park oral surgeon, said he was driving behind Decesaris and did not see the cyclist.
“I really didn’t see the van do anything at impact,” Garden said. “I saw it jerk to the left, but not much.”
Garden said he drives that portion of Riva Road daily, and was talking with his wife by cellphone when the collision occurred. He said the combination of shade with bright sunlight shining through the trees was “almost like being in a room with a strobe light.” He said it was not uncommon to see cyclists on that portion of road.

Neil Tatterson testified that he was driving behind Decesaris, that he saw Cunningham ahead of them both and that he did not see Decesaris’s brake lights come on before she struck the cyclist. He said Decesaris did not swerve until she hit the bike.