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08-26-2016, 05:49 PM
Richard Branson 'thought he was going to die' in bike accident
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Virgin Group founder Richard Branson was recently injured in a serious bike accident while cycling on Virgin Gorda, an island in the British Virgin Islands.
Branson shared images of his injuries after the accident and described what had happened in a blog post (https://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/my-life-flashed-my-eyes) Friday.*
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"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. The next thing I knew, I was being hurled over the handlebars and my life was literally flashing before my eyes," he wrote.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/26/richard-branson-bicycle-accident/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Virgin Group founder Richard Branson was recently injured in a serious bike accident while cycling on Virgin Gorda, an island in the British Virgin Islands.
Branson shared images of his injuries after the accident and described what had happened in a blog post (https://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/my-life-flashed-my-eyes) Friday.*
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