Motorcyclist crashes while giving driver 'the finger' on Texas parkway

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Monday, April 29, 2019
Motorcyclist crashes while giving driver 'the finger' in Cypress
Motorcyclist crashes while giving driver 'the finger' in Cypress.

CYPRESS, Texas -- A motorcyclist is in critical condition after crashing on a parkway in Cypress, Texas.

Deputies said he crashed after he gave the finger to a woman he was passing.

A woman told authorities she was driving north when the motorcyclist passed her suburban on the right and gave her the finger. He then turned around and did it a second time, but lost control and crashed.

"After he gave her the finger a second time, he lost control, hit the curb and struck his head," said Harris County Sheriff's Sgt. Dashana Cheek-McNeal. "He was unconscious at the scene."

The motorcyclist was taken by Life Flight the hospital.

Deputies said the other driver did not strike him.