B.C. cyclist says 'bad luck' collision with bear sends him to hospital

A B.C. man says he is recovering after colliding with a bear while riding his bike on the North Shore. 

Kevin Milner of North Vancouver says he was riding downhill in the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve on Tuesday night when he spotted a black bear in the grass as he was set to turn a corner.

He says he faced a difficult, split-second decision: he could either slam on the brakes, which would have left him essentially parked in front of a bear, or he could try to get past the animal before it noticed him.

Milner chose the latter but the bear had other ideas, he said.

“He just charged across the road,” Milner said of the bear. “He took

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