Source: MotorcyclistOnline.com
Jay Leno, famous comedian and TV personality, has been involved in a motorcycle accident. (Motorcyclist/)Jay Leno, comedian, late-night TV host, and automobile/motorcycle enthusiast, was involved in a motorcycle accident on January 17, 2023, according to Las Vegas Review Journal.In the report and audio recording of the interview, Katsilometes inquired how Leno is doing after being burned during a garage fire in the fall of 2022, to which Leno replied “It’s so funny you should say that. That was the first accident. Okay? Then just last week, I got knocked off my motorcycle. So I’ve got a broken collarbone. I’ve got two broken ribs. I’ve got two cracked kneecaps.” Leno said in the report.Related: Jay Leno: The Man and The MotorcyclesLeno continued to joke, “I’m only 72, if I were to have been an older man, this would have been very serious.”The motorcycle accident happened when Leno was testing a 1940 Indian Motorcycle near his shop. A New York Times article elaborated that the motorcycle was also equipped with a sidecar.During the test ride Leno had noticed the smell of leaking gas. “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, so, you know, I didn’t see it until it was too late,” Leno said. “It just clotheslined me and, boom, knocked me off the bike. The bike kept going, and you know how that works out.”Related: Jay Leno Rides the Motus V4 MotorcycleWe are happy to hear that Leno is okay and was even continuing to work the weekend following the report, so soon after the incident. You know what they say, “the show must go on.”We wish Jay Leno a speedy recovery.
