California motorcyclist rides off a CLIFF and survives
The moment a motorcyclist flies off a cliff and survives has been caught on video.
Matthew Murray, 27, was riding through the Santa Monica Mountains on his way to work near Calabasas, California when a GoPro attached to his motorcycle filmed the horrific crash.
Murray was taking a turn at about 40mph on the winding mountain road when he says his steering locked up, and he hit the gravel shoulder.
'It processed immediately in my head that you're gonna die,' he recalled the moment he flew over the edge of the cliff in an interview with CBS Los Angeles.
Matthew Murray, 27, was riding through the Santa Monica Mountains on his way to work near Calabasas, California when his motorcycle flew off the side of a cliff
'I love taking corners and I was only doing 40 mph and I went to lean into this turn and this bike would not let lean,' he said.
Murray and the bike flew roughly 270 feet down the hill, and he was knocked unconscious.
The impact broke his back, hip, pelvis, collarbone, shoulder, sternum, ribs, tailbone, and sacrum, as well as puncturing both lungs.
Murray was out for about a minute and a half before he is heard on the video screaming for help.
The video shows Murray riding through the winding curves of the Santa Monica Mountains
'I love taking corners and I was only doing 40 mph and I went to lean into this turn and this bike would not let lean,' he said
Murray was out for about a minute and a half before he is heard screaming for help
'I tried to walk to my motorcycle to get to my phone and call 911 but I couldn't walk down hill,' he told the CBS affiliate.
Instead, he turned around and clawed his way back up the hill with his hands, knowing he'd die if he couldn't make it to assistance.
'They just said people have a fight or flight, or whatever it is, and I just decided to fight,' Murray said.
Despite his severe injuries, Murray was booted from the hospital in less than a week because his health insurance had recently lapsed
'Honestly my legs were done so I just kind of crawled up and once I made it to the top I just collapsed.'
A passing motorist saw him and pulled over to call for an ambulance.
Despite his severe injuries, Murray was booted from the hospital in less than a week because his health insurance had recently lapsed, his family said.
Murray's family has created a GoFundMe page to help fund the young man's treatment and rehabilitation.