I'd still hit it!
Posted on 09/21/2007 8:38:06 PM PDT by LdSentinal
WEEHAWKEN, N.J. -- George Clooney suffered a broken rib and some scrapes on Friday when the motorcycle he and a friend were riding collided with a car as the actor tried to pass the other vehicle, authorities said.
Weehawken Police Sgt. Sean Kelly said the collision occurred at 3:30 p.m. as Clooney and friend Sarah Larson were traveling north on Boulevard East and sped up to pass on the right a 1999 Mazda Millenia that was preparing to make a right turn.
Kelly said it is not known if the driver of the other vehicle, who has not been identified, had used his turn signal. Boulevard East is a narrow road with sweeping views of the Manhattan skyline.
"It's a he-said, she-said right now, but you can't pass on the right in Weehawken or anywhere in Jersey," Kelly said.
Kelly said the accident remains under investigation and no summonses have been issued.
The 46-year-old actor was treated at Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen and released, spokesman Stan Rosenfield said in a statement.
"He's doing fine," Rosenfield said. "He has a broken rib, it's very painful and it'll take a long time to heal."
Larson suffered a broken foot. Both she and Clooney were wearing helmets, Kelly said.
Clooney's latest film, "Michael Clayton," will be released next month.
Damn Bush...
“But did he damage his pretty, pretty face?” —Joint inquiry by Barbara Walters and Oprah Winfrey
Although I despise the man’s politics I pray for a full and speedy recovery. I bruised my ribs and it is still slightly tender almost three months later!
Rats!
ROTFLMAO!!!!
Be sure to include some really funny jokes with your get well cards...
On a bike ...with a woman. Who’da thought.
I pray for his recovery in the same fashion that he prays for Charlton Heston’s.
Good...
There has to be something allegorical about George C. Looney being injured passing on the right. But I’m not sure what it is.
I'm an actor and I'm better then anyone, on any road
I see that as a situation where the good LORD directed us to not pay back evil with evil but to pay back evil with good.
If it were a situation where my family were threatened, well shot guns can be very messy.
As Nelson on the Simpsons says so eloquently!
HA HA!!!!!
It is for moments like this that we English speakers hoisted the word “shadenfreud” from the Germans.
* Although his ego could certainly use a good scathing.
He is lucky to be alive.
Dang! That’s too bad. But his neck was ok huh?
Weehawken Police Sgt. Sean Kelly said the collision occurred at 3:30 p.m. as Clooney and friend Sarah Larson were traveling north on Boulevard East and sped up to pass on the right a 1999 Mazda Millenia that was preparing to make a right turn.
Kelly said it is not known if the driver of the other vehicle, who has not been identified, had used his turn signal.
“It’s a he-said, she-said right now, but you can’t pass on the right in Weehawken or anywhere in Jersey,” Kelly said.
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If he was passing on the right, then it was his own fault. jmo
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