A 69-year-old man convicted in a New Brunswick road rage incident has been sentenced to time already served in jail, and a six-month conditional sentence.
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Gene Williams pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon, dangerous driving and leaving the scene of an accident after he deliberately rammed a black SUV into 23-year-old Timothy Tyler in Saint John on Feb. 23, 2017.
Williams has been in custody since then. As part of today’s sentencing, his driver’s licence was suspended for one year.
The video
Police say in February, Williams got into an argument with the occupants of another vehicle in Grand Bay, N.B. Williams then followed the victim to the parking lot of an apartment building before hitting Tyler with his vehicle.
In the video a woman is heard talking to a 911 operator on the phone, reporting the incident of “road rage.”
“Oh my God he just hit my friend!” she is heard screaming as the SUV speeds out of the parking lot, leaving the man injured on the ground. “He smoked him!”
“I can’t move my arm,” Tyler is heard saying as he lies on the ground. The woman then requests an ambulance.
A short time later, the vehicle was found and Williams was arrested.
Tyler suffered a dislocated shoulder as a result of the incident.
— With files from The Canadian Press and Heide Pearson