A stray dog kept an injured cyclist alive by keeping him warm with its body after he crashed in remote mountains.

Martin Ion fell during his ride and suffered a dislocated hip and a broken collarbone as he rode alone through the Semenic Mountains in western Romania.

He couldn't get up and started to get hypothermia as he lay on the cold ground overnight while paramedics rushed to his aid.

A stray dog kept an injured cyclist alive by keeping him warm with its body after he crashed in remote mountains

The dog, who was running next to his bike earlier, lay down next to him and kept his body warm long enough for him to be rescued alive

The dog, who was running next to his bike earlier, lay down next to him and kept his body warm long enough for him to be rescued alive.

'When we arrived, the dog didn't leave his side and remained there until the ambulance arrived,' paramedics said.

Mr Ion was rushed to the orthopedics section of the Timisoara County Emergency Hospital to repair his broken and dislocated bones.

Martin Ion suffered a dislocated hip and a broken collarbone as he rode alone through the Semenic Mountains in western Romania

Mr Ion was rushed to the orthopedics section of the Timisoara County Emergency Hospital to repair his broken and dislocated bones

Mr Ion poses with the dog earlier in the ride before the accident

He said the Bernese mixed breed dog ran besides his bike along the misty road for several hours and stopped as soon as he fell off.

'I missed a hole on the trail, didn't see it and it threw me right off and I couldn't move. That's when he also stopped moving and sat beside me,' he said.

The dog was later adopted by Ionut Mihai Popovici, a public official from the Caras Severin County Council, and named Max.