Motorcyclist crashes into orphans while on the road and lives to tell the harrowing story in the hospital

A man riding his bicycle along a forest road collided with a black bear that suddenly blocked his path, and despite the crash, he lived to tell of the ordeal.

Kevin Milner, 30, of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, cycled through the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Suddenly he turned a corner and encountered the huge animal blocking his path.

Instead of turning around, Milner decided he would try to carefully navigate around the beast, but the bear suddenly decided to cross the road and run straight into the path of Milner’s oncoming bike.

Upon impact with the mountain biker, Milner’s bike flipped over the animal and crashed back to earth.

Milner suffered several injuries, including a broken shoulder blade, heart contusion, and bruised ribs; the bear, on the other hand, was fine

The black bear, pictured above, suddenly ran across its path just as Milner rounded a bend and tried to avoid the animal. But the bear got in his way and they collided

Meanwhile, the bear quickly ran into the forest.

“From the moment I made that decision, he decided to run and he ran straight across the road, right in front of me and I crashed into him right behind his shoulder blade,” Milner said. North Shore News.

‘I turned it over. I kind of kissed the bear and then I think I flew through the air.’

Milner suffered a number of injuries, including a broken shoulder blade, heart contusion and bruised ribs.

Fortunately, Milner was helped by several fellow cyclists who witnessed the accident.

Growing up in the area, Milner regularly commuted through the woods to avoid traffic – mostly cars and no bears

Despite his injuries, he managed to use an e-bike to get out of the woods and reach emergency services before being taken to hospital overnight

Two female cyclists raced to an area with better cell phone reception to call 911, while another riding an e-bike lagged behind Milner.

At some point, the bear suddenly reappeared, but this time it steered clear of the group.

“He was like, ‘Oh s***, dude. He’s back. The bear’s back,'” referring to a man who stayed with him to keep him company.

“He kind of looked at me, really curious, kind of like, ‘What’s up with you?

‘ Then the bear just started eating grass. He pretty much went about his day,” he said.

“Man, those bears are built like a truck,” Milner said. “I thought I was going to die.”

It took some time for emergency services to reach the remote location, and Milner was concerned about his own condition and feared he might experience internal bleeding.

“It feels like the entire left side of my torso has been to the dentist,” Milner said.

Black bears are rarely aggressive and true attacks by black bears are rare

He convinced a fellow biker to lend him his e-bike so he could ride to the forest entrance.

Paramedics from the British Columbia Ambulance Service met Milner at the edge of the woods and took him to Lions Gate Hospital.

Milner, who grew up in the area, seemed relieved that he managed to survive the ordeal, describing it as a quintessentially Canadian and North Vancouver experience.

He says he’s now thinking about switching his bike commute from riding the scenic Seymour Valley Trailway to a road where cars are present—at least where there aren’t any black bears blocking his way.

“The reason I drove in the demonstration forest is just to get away from the traffic, right? But after hitting the bear, I mean, it’s probably safer to just drive cars.

“I’m just really happy to be alive. It’s like the most Canadian, North Vancouver thing that could ever happen,” Milner said.