Orlando Bloom apologized to a scooter rider who was almost killed in a road accident by giving him an autograph. The heartthrob was driving in London on Monday morning when he reportedly pulled out in front of swimming instructor Slawomir Szydlowski, who was riding his motorcycle.

Szydlowski, 28, says, "It's only good luck that I'm here to tell the tale. He can't have looked in his mirrors. I flew off and hit the ground hard, rolling three times. If there'd been a car coming the other way, I'd be dead."

When an ambulance arrived to whisk Szydlowski, who suffered deep cuts and internal bleeding, to the hospital, Bloom jumped in the back and scribbled a note saying, 'Sorry mate!' and signed it. Szydlowski adds, "We both had to give breath tests. He did ring to check I was all right."

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