Viral video: Skateboarder versus deer

GOLDEN, Colo. - Video of a very unusual collision in Colorado over the weekend has gone viral.

It shows 17-year-old skateboarder Ryan Vitale running into a deer at about 40 miles an hour during a competition.

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

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

"I knew I was going to hit it and I don't remember what I did but I tackled it to the ground. I was praying I didn't break anything."

Vitale says the deer broke his fall, leaving him with serious road rash and a sore body, but no broken bones.

"It's not like I'm going to stop doing it. I love it," says Vitale.