Jay Leno breaks multiple bones in motorcycle accident months after garage fire – National | 24CA News
Jay Leno reportedly broke a number of bones in a bike accident final week, solely months after he suffered severe burns to his face, chest and arms in a storage fireplace.
The former Tonight Show host advised the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he was knocked off his bike on Jan. 17. The fall broke Leno’s collarbone and two ribs and cracked each of his kneecaps.
“But I’m OK!” Leno advised the outlet. “I’m OK, I’m working. I’m working this weekend.”
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Leno, 72, mentioned the accident occurred when he was engaged on a classic automobile. While test-riding a 1940 Indian bike, Leno mentioned he seen the odor of leaking gasoline.
“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,” he mentioned, sharing how he was clotheslined by the wire and knocked off the bike. “So, you know, I didn’t see it until it was too late.”
The storage fireplace at Leno’s Los Angeles house was additionally began whereas the comic was engaged on one other classic automobile, a 1907 White Steam Car, in November 2022. When the automotive’s gasoline line clogged, Leno laid underneath the automobile to blow air via the road. He advised Today host Hoda Kotb that he received a “face full of gas” after which caught on fireplace.
He was handled for third-degree burns at Grossman Burn Center in West Hills Hospital in Los Angeles. He remained in look after 10 days.
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Leno mentioned he didn’t focus on his bike accident publicly as a result of news protection of his storage fireplace was so widespread.
“You know, after getting burned up, you get that one for free,” Leno mentioned. “After that, you’re Harrison Ford, crashing airplanes. You just want to keep your head down.”
Despite his accidents, Leno remains to be performing standup comedy. He is getting ready to headline on the Encore Theater in Las Vegas for the primary time on March 31. The efficiency can be his first look in Las Vegas for the reason that fireplace in November.
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