Branson 'thought he would die' in bike crash

Sir Richard Branson says he thought he was "going to die" when he crashed his bike on a Caribbean island.

The billionaire said he was cycling down a hill when he hit a speed bump, and "the next thing I knew, I was being hurled over the handlebars and my life was literally flashing before my eyes", BBC reports.

Sir Richard was cycling in the dark on Virgin Gorda, one of the British Virgin Islands, with his children, Holly and Sam.

He said he was extremely fortunate only to have sustained a cracked cheek and torn ligaments.

His bicycle "went flying off the cliff and disappeared", he said.

In a post on the Virgin website, the 66-year-old said: "I was heading down a hill towards Leverick Bay when it suddenly got really dark and I managed to hit a sleeping policeman hump in the road head on.

"I really thought I was going to die. I went flying head-first towards the concrete road, but fortunately my shoulder and cheek took the brunt of the impact, and I was wearing a helmet that saved my life.''

Sir Richard travelled to Miami for X-rays and scans, and later posted photographs online showing his bloodied face.

 

 

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