Cyclist collides with black bear on popular B.C. trail
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A man who was cycling in North Vancouver, B.C. crashed straight into a black bear on a popular trail this week.
Cyclist Kevin Milner loves to ride the paved Seymour Demonstration Forest trail in North Vancouver to get away from cars and into nature.
“There are a lot of deer in there, and I thought maybe one day I will hit deer, right? But never thought it would be a bear,” said Milner.
That’s exactly what happened on Tuesday evening. After rounding a corner, Milner spotted a black bear and before he could react, the animal ran directly in front of his bike.
“I just smacked right into him. And I went flying overtop of him,” said Milner, whose shoes were clipped into his bike pedals.
He lay badly injured on the trail for a few minutes until another cyclist named Sam rode up on his E-bike.
“He asked me what happened. I was obviously in a lot of pain, and I told him, 'I just hit a bear.' And he was like, 'Where’s the bear? Where’s the bear?' He was concerned about the bear. I said, 'I don’t know, he ran off, but you have to call 911, I need an ambulance,'” said Milner.
Sam stayed with the injured 30-year-old while two women went off in search of a cell signal to call 911. But while the men were waiting for help, the bear came back.
