A man who led police on a high-speed chase before crashing into an Uber so hard the car split in half, killing its two passengers, could spend up to 50 years in prison after being found guilty of murder Thursday. 

A jury convicted Brian Tatum, 47, on two counts of murder for the 2020 crash. Two women, Priscilla DeLeon and Diana Salazar, who were passengers in the Uber, died. 

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Police attempted to pull Tatum over for a traffic stop around 11:30 p.m. Sept. 19, 2020, in northeast Houston and he fled from officers, according to a news release from the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. He drove for about two miles, going around 100 mph in a 35 mph zone, before T-boning into the Honda Accord at the intersection of Jensen and Parker. 

More than two dozen family members of DeLeon and Salazar sat through the trial wearing buttons with photos of the women. 

DeLeon, 25, graduated from Texas A&M University, and her cousin, Salazar, 24, graduated from the University of Houston.

After a week-long trial, the jury deliberated 39 minutes before convicting him, according to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office.  

Instead of letting a judge or jury decide his punishment, which was a sentence ranging from 25 years to life in prison, Tatum agreed to 50 years in prison, which he cannot appeal. He must serve at least 25 years before being eligible for parole.

Tatum was born in Houston but moved to California where he had been convicted of several felonies.