Douchebag Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison After Swerving Into Biker

A Texan who was caught on camera deliberately smashing into an overtaking motorcycle has been handed a hefty prison sentence

Matt Robinson

03 Apr 2017

Around late 2015, the horrific video above went viral. It depicted Texan William Crum violently swerving into an overtaking motorbike near Granbury, resulting in the rider and a pillion passenger hitting the deck hard.

18 months on, 69-year-old has at last been sentenced for his actions. Despite claiming to have momentarily lost control of the car due to being bitten by a spider (yes, really), Crum has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for “two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon,” his lawyer confirmed last week. He’s been behind bars since his arrest on 19 October 2015, shortly after the incident.

While we do - sadly - see videos like this from time to time, this particular crash stood out due to Crum nonchalantly stating “I don’t care” to the following biker who recorded everything on a helmet camera.

Douchebag Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison After Swerving Into Biker

The rider knocked off - 37-year-old Eric Sanders - suffered only minor injuries, but his passenger - 38-year-old Debra Simpson - ended up in intensive care, having suffered a broken arm plus multiple scrapes and bruises.

It’d be remiss of us to not to point out that Sanders was overtaking in a no passing zone with two solid lines in the middle of the road, but illegal or not, it looked like a relatively safe, well-sighted pass. And I’m sure we can all agree that using your car as a deadly weapon is not the right response for another road user’s rule-breaking…

Source: Star Telegram via Lanesplitter

Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.

Comments

That’s why you stay away from the State of Texas, there’s too many idiots and Trump supporters there!

Trump is a great president

Thank God. I remember when I watched this in 2015 I had hoped that he’d get a substantial prison sentence.

PEOPLE LIKE THIS giving car lovers a bad name since 1945….
Seriously tho…. People like this are like terrorists….. They do something stupid and then when it goes online then everyone who has anything to do with them is said to be like them…..
People on Carthrottle and other Car websites may make fun of cyclists for slowing us down…… But nobody would be stupid enough to do something like this to a cyclist…..
LIKE WTF DID HE DO TO YOU!