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VIDEO: Motorcyclist falls off California cliff

Motorcyclist Matthew Murray drove through the Santa Monica Mountains in Calabasas, then veered towards a gravel turn out and flew off.

There’s almost a minute and a half of silence before Matt makes a noise.

“It processed immediately in my head that you’re going to die,” said Murray.

Where Matt landed, there’s little luck of getting anyone’s attention but he tried.

“I tried to walk to my motorcycle to get to my phone and call 911 but I couldn’t walk downhill so I just turned around and halfway up the hill I went into shock,” said Murray.

Murray climbed up the hill and when he got to the side of the road he flagged down a driver and called 911. Murray fell 250 feet down a hill.

Murray is laid up for the next couple of months with a list of broken bones and a fighter’s mentality.

“They just said people have a fight or flight or whatever it is and I just decided to fight,” said Murray. “Honestly my legs were done so I just kind of crawled up and once I made it to my the top I just collapsed.”

Murray said he thinks the bike’s steering locked up and caused him to lose control.

“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.”

After 6 years on a bike Murray gave up riding for good and wishes he never took a spin up the mountain.

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