“Sir Richard Branson has said he believes his cycle helmet saved his life after he came off his bike at high speed when he hit a road hump.
“The billionaire boss of Virgin suffered a cracked cheek, torn ligaments and cuts and bruising to his body in Monday night’s crash, which occurred on Virgin Gorda, one of the British Virgin Islands.
“He was with his two children, Holly and Sam, when he hit a road hump as they headed down a hill in the dark.
““The next thing I knew, I was being hurled over the handlebars and my life was literally flashing before my eyes,” he said.”
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