Posted on 01/27/2023 6:20:25 AM PST by george76
Months after suffering third-degree burns in a fire that erupted while working on one of his antique cars, Jay Leno was injured in a mishap.
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Leno broke several bones in a motorcycle crash last week.
The comedian was speaking by phone with a reporter, telling him that he was “knocked off my motorcycle. So I’ve got a broken collarbone. I’ve got two broken ribs. I’ve got two cracked kneecaps.”
“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 newspaper. “So, you know, I didn’t see it until it was too late. It just clothesline me and, boom, knocked me off the bike.”
He said he didn’t say anything about the crash that happened on Jan. 17 because of the media coverage he received surrounding his burns.
“You know, after getting burned up, you get that one for free,” Leno said. “After that, you’re Harrison Ford, crashing airplanes. You just want to keep your head down (laughs).”
Ford has had several airplane mishaps: one in 2020 when he had to do a touch-and-go landing after being told to hold his position, another in 2017 when he landed on a taxiway, still another in 2015 when he crashed a World War II-era training plane onto a golf course, in 2000 when his plane was blown from the runway by wind and finally in 1999 when he had to make an emergency landing in a dry riverbed, The New York Times reported.
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Leno had been scheduled to return to the Las Vegas Strip in March and said that he was OK and was scheduled to perform this weekend.
The comedian was working on a 1907 White Motor Co. steam-powered car when he found the fuel line clogged. He told a friend who he was working with to blow air through the line and gas rained down on his face. The car’s pilot light flickered and caught his face on fire
BS... Leno admitted "Cutting through" a parking lot. Most people do not do that unless they're in a big huge hurry, so they "Cut through" the parking lot etc.
This is no normal activity which you suggested and the reason why in most cases, it's illegal to "Cut through parking lots".
You keep yapping about laws.
Based on Leno’s *own* words, he broke the traffic laws which resulted in his injury.
maybe he should consider changing his name to evel jleno...
Sounds like someone’s been sticking pins in a voodoo doll of Jay Leno.
Wow this poor guy has been taking a beating from his expensive hobbies. He should cut out the motors. Sell them all. Jay should take up golf instead.
Harrison Ford is 80 - he was Han Solo
Jay Leno is 72
Good for him that he is living life.
He’s living his dream, getting the most of life. Sometimes 💩 happens. Better than 24/7 sitting on his rump judging others.
BTTT! ;-)
🤣🤣😂🤣😂😂!!
Worth noting that, at least in his videos, Jay doesn’t seem to kit up in full modern armor when going for a ride. It’s possible (since I haven’t got full details of the event, I won’t speculate on the probability) that he might have gotten up with no injury or a few scrapes if he had worn modern riding gear instead of just a helmet and his denim shirt as he seems to in the videos.
Worked with a guy who was almost decapitated hitting a single strand barb wire fence on his snowmobile. How it didn’t cut an artery was beyond me but he had a 6” scar and it severely damaged his vocal cords.
Here is ‘Jay Harrison Ford Leno” accident riding his motorcycle.
https://youtu.be/e2RhMoLUDdU?t=27
His 3 buddies are distracted.
https://youtu.be/8IJSEOnYVU4?t=36
Yes that is him. He just looks different after being burned around the edges.... : )
Hope he had his leather Jacket and pants on.
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