Jay Leno Breaks Multiple Bones in Motorcycle Crash
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Jay Leno just can't catch a break. Just a few months after suffering serious burns from a car fire, the comedian and avid enthusiast is now recovering from several broken bones caused by a motorcycle crash, he told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
“It’s so funny you should say that,” said Leno in response to the Review-Journal asking about his burns. "That was the first accident. OK? Then just last week, I got knocked off my motorcycle. So I’ve got a broken collarbone. I’ve got two broken ribs. I’ve got two cracked kneecaps.”
Despite the seemingly long list of fairly serious injuries caused by the January 17 incident, Leno, 72, assured the Review-Journal he was "OK," confirming he was still planning on working this weekend.
Leno would go on to explain he was testing out a 1940 Indian motorcycle and noticed the scent of leaking fuel (sound familiar?).
“So I turned down a side street and cut through a parking lot, and unbeknownst to me, some guy had a wire strung across the parking lot but with no flag hanging from it,” Leno told the Review-Journal. “So, you know, I didn’t see it until it was too late. It just clotheslined me and, boom, knocked me off the bike."
The former Tonight Show host decided against publicizing the incident due to the massive amount of coverage his November burn saga generated.
“You know, after getting burned up, you get that one for free,” Leno told the Review-Journal. “After that, you’re Harrison Ford, crashing airplanes. You just want to keep your head down (laughs).”
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