Jay Leno suffers broken bones in motorcycle accident - CNN

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Jay Leno says helium broke aggregate bones successful a motorcycle mishap months aft suffering terrible burns to his face aft different mishap.

In an interrogation with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the erstwhile late-night speech amusement big said helium was knocked disconnected his motorcycle connected January 17 and suffered a breached collarbone, 2 breached ribs and 2 cracked kneecaps.

“But I’m OK!” Leno said. “I’m OK, I’m working. I’m moving this weekend.”

The comedian, who has a standup residency successful Vegas, explained that helium had been investigating retired a 1940 Indian motorcycle erstwhile helium noticed the odor of leaking gasoline.

“So I turned down a broadside thoroughfare and chopped done a parking lot, and unbeknownst to me, immoderate feline had a ligament strung crossed the parking batch but with nary emblem hanging from it,” Leno said. “So, you know, I didn’t spot it until it was excessively late. It conscionable clothesline maine and, boom, knocked maine disconnected the bike.”

Leno said helium didn’t initially spell nationalist astir the mishap owed to each the publicity helium had received pursuing the November incidental successful which his look was burned portion helium was moving underneath an antique 1907 car.

“The substance enactment was clogged truthful I was underneath it. It sounded clogged and I said, ‘Blow immoderate aerial done the line,’ and truthful helium did,” the avid car collector explained duirng an quality connected “Today” successful December. “And suddenly, boom, I got a look afloat of gas. And past the aviator airy jumped and my look caught connected fire.”

Upon his infirmary discharge pursuing that accident, Leno posed for a photograph with immoderate of the employees astatine Grossman Burn Center successful Los Angeles where helium was treated.

CNN has reached retired to reps for Leno for further remark astir his motorcycle accident.