Sounds like both "sides" committed mistakes. The motorist, the former Miss America" made a turn with the sun in her eyes and was apparantly not able to see the cyclist. Obviously, the motorist should have modified their behavior more to take into account the compromised conditions.
However, the motorist did have a green light and the cyclist was crossing outside of the crosswalk. The newspaper account was sketchy though so it might not have happened that way. It does sound like the cyclist was not really obeying the rules of the road but acting like a jay walker on a bicycle. That is asking for trouble. The thing is if you do not obey the traffic laws, you are essentially a fugitive on the road and you take on the responsibility to avoid every vehicle out there.
The thing is that the laws are such that people can "expect" certain things to happen. I hate defending a motorist, but in this case could a motorist really expect a person to be out in the road where they are not really supposed to be?
I think this is a case of a lapse on the case of a motorist being fatal for a bike rider who sounds like they had no business being anywhere near the road.