Jay Leno breaks several bones in motorcycle accident
FROM HIS NOVEMBER INCIDENT, SAYING HE’D RATHER KEEP HIS HEAD DOWN. >> AFTER TWO MONTHS OF RECOVERING FROM SERIOUS BURN INJURIES, COMEDIAN JAY LENO IS BACK ON THE MEND FOLLOWING A SECOND ACCIDENT. THE LATE NIGHT LEGEND TELLING THE “LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL” HE IS SUFFERING FROM A BROKEN COLLARBONE, TWO BROKEN RIBS AND TWO CRACKED KNEECAPS. AFTER A TEST RIDE ON A VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE WENT HAYWIRE EARLIER THIS MONTH, HE NOTICED THE SCENT OF LEAKING GAS FORCING HIM TO CUT THROUGH A PARKING LOT. HE NOTICED, QUOTE, SOME GUY HAD A WIRE STRUNG ACROSS THE PARKING LOT WITH NO FLAG.
I DIDN’T SEE IT UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE, HE SAYS, AND, BOOM, KNOCKED ME OFF THE BIKE. BACK IN NOVEMBER, LENO, A CAR ENTHUSIAST, ENDURED SECOND AND THIRD-DEGREE BURNS ACROSS HIS UPPER BODY AND FACE AFTER TRYING TO FIX A CLOGGED FUEL LINE ON A 1907 WHITE STEAM CAR. >> SUDDENLY, BOOM, I GOT A FACE FULL OF GAS AND THEN THE PILOT LIGHT JUMPED AND MY FACE CAUGHT ON FIRE. ON FIRE. >> Reporter: HODA CATCHING FORME HOST. >> WERE YOU WORRIED WHAT YOU MIGHT LOOK LIKE? >> WHEN YOU LOOK LIKE ME, YOU DON’T WORRY. >> Reporter:
LENO SPENT NINE DAYS AT THE GROSSMAN BURN CENTER RECEIVING HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY AND SKIN GRAFTS. >> THESE GOT BURNED PRETTY BAD. >> Reporter: IN GOOD SPIRITS, TELLING HODA AT THE
DIDN’T USE THE PAINKILLERS. >> HE DIDN’T COMPLAIN. HE KEPT SAYING WHAT’S ALL THE FUSS ABOUT? I HAVE A WEIRD FEELING HE WILL BE UP AND AT IT SOON. >> HE ALSO SAID HE DIDN’T LEARN HIS LESSON. >> TAKE IT EASY. >> NATIONAL TREASURE. >>> COMING UP IN MARCH, LENO IS SCHEDULED TO HEADLINE HIS FIRST VEGAS SHOW SINCE THE NOVEMBER SINCE ACCIDENT. NBC NEWS REACHED OUT FOR COMMENT BUT NO RESPONSE —