Posted on 08/09/2020 9:19:47 AM PDT by NRx
Simon Cowell is said to have undergone surgery after breaking his back in a fall from an electric bike in California.
The music moguls spokeswoman said he was was in hospital and was doing fine.
Simon had a fall from his bike, testing his new electric bike in the courtyard at his house in Malibu with his family. He hurt his back and was taken to hospital. Hes doing fine, hes under observation and is in the best possible hands, she said on Saturday.
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Yep - common rookie mistake.
Years ago, a friend bought a Kawasaki 900 and it was sprinkling when he went to pick it up.
Knowing he was a novice, the shop tried to get him to wait for nicer weather but he insisted...
As he started to pull out of the parking lot, turning/leaning a tad to the right, he gave it a little goose and spun out right there...not 200 feet on the bike and it was scraped up real good - along with his leg and elbow...
“Simon needs wheelie bar and trainers?”
In all fairness, when I read “electric bike,” I thought “rich guy, big fancy too-fast electric motorcycle.” Apparently that’s not the case.
"Crushed spinal column"
"(Thoracic region)"
ICD code 187, more specifically, Herbert was caught in the belt of his sawmill on his farm. He was injured in the afternoon and died during the night. Not much they could do for that kind of injury back in 1925.
That reminds me of a classic Men From Maine bit.
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