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Jay Leno breaks bones in motorcycle crash months after garage fire
Cox Media ^ | January 27, 2023 | Natalie Dreier

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


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: airplanes; crashing; crashingairplanes; ford; freeperhooligans; harrison; harrisonford; jay; jayleno; leno
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To: Jotmo
He wasn’t doing anything outside normal activity for a man his age.

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".

101 posted on 01/27/2023 9:55:10 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Jotmo

You keep yapping about laws.

Based on Leno’s *own* words, he broke the traffic laws which resulted in his injury.


102 posted on 01/27/2023 10:03:26 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: george76

maybe he should consider changing his name to evel jleno...


103 posted on 01/27/2023 10:03:43 AM PST by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: george76

Sounds like someone’s been sticking pins in a voodoo doll of Jay Leno.


104 posted on 01/27/2023 10:51:57 AM PST by simpson96
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To: george76

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.


105 posted on 01/27/2023 11:12:52 AM PST by dennisw ("You don't have to like it. You just have to do it")
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To: oldteen

Harrison Ford is 80 - he was Han Solo


106 posted on 01/27/2023 11:14:42 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: oldteen

Jay Leno is 72


107 posted on 01/27/2023 11:15:21 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: george76

Good for him that he is living life.


108 posted on 01/27/2023 11:32:57 AM PST by LeonardFMason
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To: dforest

He’s living his dream, getting the most of life. Sometimes 💩 happens. Better than 24/7 sitting on his rump judging others.


109 posted on 01/27/2023 11:36:37 AM PST by M_Continuum
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To: usconservative

BTTT! ;-)


110 posted on 01/27/2023 12:09:39 PM PST by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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To: ArtDodger

🤣🤣😂🤣😂😂!!


111 posted on 01/27/2023 12:12:26 PM PST by PrairieLady2
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To: george76

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.


112 posted on 01/27/2023 1:53:45 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Jotmo

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.


113 posted on 01/27/2023 4:31:41 PM PST by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: george76

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.... : )


114 posted on 01/27/2023 5:42:00 PM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: george76
Hum. What do they say? Rub hog or die?

Hope he had his leather Jacket and pants on.

115 posted on 01/27/2023 7:03:43 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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