He deliberately swerved into a motorcyclist on the road. Now he’s going to jail.
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BY TOM UHLER
uhler@star-telegram.com

GRANBURY, TEXAS
A man who intentionally swerved into a couple on a motorcyclists in Texas, causing them to crash and injure themselves in 2015, was sentenced to 15 years in prison Thursday, his attorney confirmed.

William Sam Crum, 69, was convicted of two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in a jury trial in the 355th District Court in Hood County, Texas.

Crum had been in jail since his arrest on Oct. 19, 2015, said his attorney, Lukas Lawrence.

He was accused of purposely swerving into a Kawasaki motorcycle on Tin Top Highway the previous Saturday, causing motorcyclist Eric Sanders, 37, to crash.

A video of the incident taken by a fellow motorcyclist with a camera attached to his helmet went viral soon after its release, attracting millions of views.

It shows the motorcycle from behind speeding up to pass Crum’s Mercury on the two-lane road and Crum suddenly swerving across the painted dividing lines and clipping the bike, causing it and the bikers to fall and slide along the pavement.

On the video, Sanders is seen getting up almost immediately and limping toward the road with what turned out to be minor injuries. His passenger, Debra Simpson, 38, lies motionless on her back on the side of the road with a broken arm and scrapes and bruises that landed her in the intensive care unit of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth.

“I don’t care,” Crum says in the video when confronted after the crash.

In a jailhouse interview the day after his arrest, Crum showed his leg where he claimed that a spider had bitten him, causing him to momentarily lose control of his vehicle before the wreck. And he said that if Sanders hadn’t been “breaking the law” by trying to pass in a no-pass zone the crash would never have happened.

His jury trial on one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon causing bodily injury lasted two days, his attorney said.

Crum, no stranger to legal trouble, will remain in the Hood County jail until he is transferred to a unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

I remember that video and his "I don't care" statement. I guess he does care now.

Crum is going to have some hard jail time ahead of him, when words gets out what he did. Prisons house some hard core Bikers.

If he serves his full term, he will be 84 when he gets out. He will have 15 years to consider if his moment of anger was worth the price he will pay.

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Originally posted by Scoutmaster:
If he serves his full term, he will be 84 when he gets out. He will have 15 years to consider if his moment of anger was worth the price he will pay.

And, think about what triggered his anger. What the hell did it matter if a biker passed him in a no passing zone? Was it jealousy? What an idiot.

Poor decision making skills.

Hell of a way to spend your "golden years."

I hope he gets raped every day.

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:

Well I'll only be 82!

I remember this now after watching the video again.

I've had people swerve at me before. Some people just had sportbikes and hate even more getting passed by them. In their head we shouldn't be on the road. I even had a semi try to take me out on one occasion, multiple attempts swerving his whole rig at me to prevent me from passing him. Road construction had caused 4 lanes into two. I intended to pass him, get off on the next exit and take a back way. It took a few attempts and some trickery to get by him, and my first few attempts failed. I remember seeing his right front wheel coming at me hard as I finally got by. I went left, he swerved left, then I flicked it right and punched it in first gear. Narrowly got by, exited, and was home 30 minutes later. No I wouldn't do it again, I was young. But it taught me some will attempt vehicular manslaughter if you try to get by them. Trick is to downshift so you are sitting at the upper end of the tach, then wfo.

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Originally posted by nukeandpave:
I hope he gets raped every day.

You must be a biker...harsh.

Some bikers do some strange stuff while riding, however I think they are in the minority.

Having said that, anyone who would intentionally drive into a biker, or another car, has some serious anger management problems.

I remember the incident, and thought at the time that the asshole needs to do some serious time.

I rode for a couple years back in the first phony oil crises. Enjoyed it. Would probably be riding now except it would most likely involve a divorce.

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Originally posted by Cobra21:

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Originally posted by nukeandpave:
I hope he gets raped every day.

You must be a biker...harsh.

The guy tried to murder two people. Yeah, he deserves harsh.

I remembered the video and read the article that he was sentenced. article I read linked to some of his previous legal run ins and it seems this wasn't the first time he has tried to run people down.

History of rage and court ordered anger management classes. Glad to see the judge took it seriously and hammered his ass instead of going soft due to his age.

Put me in the continued frequent ass hammering while in prison camp...

At 70 years old already I'm not so sure he'll even get prison sex.

Congrats- enjoy dying in prison, idiot.

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Originally posted by 911Boss:
I remembered the video and read the article that he was sentenced. article I read linked to some of his previous legal run ins and it seems this wasn't the first time he has tried to run people down.

History of rage and court ordered anger management classes. Glad to see the judge took it seriously and hammered his ass instead of going soft due to his age.

Put me in the continued frequent ass hammering while in prison camp...

My thoughts exactly. Seems to me being an asshole for all those years finally caught up to him. Its a karma thing.

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Originally posted by Cobra21:

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Originally posted by nukeandpave:
I hope he gets raped every day.

You must be a biker...harsh.

"I don't care."