In a horrific incident Britain’s best-known businessman and founder of Virgin group, Richard Branson, met with a bike accident.
66-year-old businessman on Saturday said, that he thought he was “going to die” after a horrific bike crash on Caribbean island Virgin Gorda this week.
Branson was cycling with his two children on the British Virgin Islands when he hit a hump in the road.
My life flashed before my eyes – fell headfirst over my bike handlebars https://t.co/aEh6TsDQz4 pic.twitter.com/U9fWDGVWhO
— Richard Branson (@richardbranson) August 26, 2016
In a post on the Virgin website, the 66-year-old entrepreneur 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.
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“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.
Genuinely thought I was going to die as I fell headfirst & bike disappeared off cliff https://t.co/aEh6TsVrqC pic.twitter.com/P7vpzxxO2T
— Richard Branson (@richardbranson) August 26, 2016
“We’ve since recovered the crumpled bicycle, completely destroyed. My cheek has been badly damaged and my knee, chin, shoulder and body severely cut.”
Forget my injuries (cracked cheek, torn ligaments) – I’m having to drink tea out of a straw! https://t.co/aEh6TsDQz4 pic.twitter.com/t8g8HdHFqN
— Richard Branson (@richardbranson) August 26, 2016
He travelled to Miami for X-rays and scans, and later posted photographs online showing his bloodied face. The accident happened on the fifth anniversary of a fire which destroyed his luxury home on Necker Island.
“I’m alive! At least you’ve still you’ve still got a job!” My latest brush with death: https://t.co/aEh6TsDQz4 pic.twitter.com/THF2LMZrzj
— Richard Branson (@richardbranson) August 26, 2016