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Video: Skateboarder collides with deer

A contestant in a skateboarding race says a deer just started running towards him

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GOLDON, Colo. — The Buffalo Bill Downhill race is also nicknamed the “bloodspill.” Contestant Ryan Vitale now knows why. Reaching a speed of 40 miles per hour on his skateboard, Vitale slams into a deer on Lookout Mountain.

“I remember opening my eyes and being on top of a deer. And then I was pretty much in shock and so was the deer,” Ryan Vitale said.

Vitale, who has been skateboarding for two years, says the deer just started running toward him.

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