In a dirt bike accident, June 23, 2001 at 10:30 pm, Sam went over a bank and landed on his head and shoulders (at about 50mph and a drop of 25ft) . He was airlifted to the Edmonton Royal Alex Hospital - From the emergency room he was assigned to the Neuro-Trama unit for 10 days.
Sam has a broken neck, 3 broken vertebra in his back, a broken wrist, a broken right shoulder scapula, 2 broken ribs, bruised lungs and kidneys and a lacerated liver.