Live
- Medical staff told to be humble, attentive while treating patients
- Police arrests Chinese nat'l for cyber fraud
- Garena Free Fire Redeem Codes for November 20th: Get Free Rewards Now
- Are strict laws needed to ensure MLAs attend Assembly sessions?
- Gold rates in Vijayawada today surges, check the rates on 20 November, 2024
- Anti-pollution measures push daily wager into a livelihood crisis
- Srinagar records season's first sub-zero temperature
- Scrapping ‘tourism’ quota by TTD sparks debate
- Devotees rush reduces at Tirumala, to take 4 hours for Sarvadarshans
- Punjab by-polls: Prestige at stake for AAP, Cong, BJP
Virgin founder Richard Branson faces near to death experience
Sir Richard Branson, Virgin founder and Britain\'s best known businessman on Friday, said that he thought he was \"going to die\" after an horrific bike crash on Caribbean island Virgin Gorda this week.
​London: Sir Richard Branson, Virgin founder and Britain's best known businessman on Friday, said that he thought he was "going to die" after an 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.
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.
"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.
"We've since recovered the crumpled bicycle, completely destroyed. My cheek has been badly damaged and my knee, chin, shoulder and body severely cut."
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.
