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Clooney in NJ Motorcycle Crash

Actor and girlfriend were attempting to pass car on right

By Kate Schwartz,  Newser User

Posted Sep 22, 2007 10:07 AM CDT

(Newser) – Former ER star George Clooney found himself back in the hospital—no cameras this time—after breaking a rib and suffering a few scrapes in a motorcycle crash on Friday, reports the AP. The 46-year-old actor was smart enough to wear his helmet but forgot that "You can't pass on the right in Weehawken or anywhere in Jersey."

Clooney and friend Sarah Larson sped up to pass on the right a Mazda Millenia about to make a right turn. Authorities don't know if the driver of the other vehicle had used his turn signal; the accident remains under investigation and no summonses have been issued. Larson broke her foot. Clooney's latest film, Michael Clayton, will be released next month.

George Clooney walks past photographers with Sarah Larson  in New York, New York, in this Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007 file photo.  Clooney suffered a broken rib and some scrapes on Friday, Sept. 21, 2007 when the motorcycle on which he and Larson were riding collided with a car as Clooney...
George Clooney walks past photographers with Sarah Larson in New York, New York, in this Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007 file photo. Clooney suffered a broken rib and some scrapes on Friday, Sept. 21, 2007...   (Associated Press)
George Clooney walks past photographers  at the U.S. premiere of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford  in New York, New York, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
George Clooney walks past photographers at the U.S. premiere of "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" in New York, New York, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)   (Associated Press)
George Clooney poses  during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, in this  Sept. 8, 2007 file photo. Clooney suffered a broken rib in New Jersey on Friday Sept. 21, 2007, when a car collided with the motorcycle he was riding, the actor's spokesman said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster,File)
George Clooney poses during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, in this Sept. 8, 2007 file photo. Clooney suffered a broken rib in New Jersey on Friday Sept. 21, 2007, when a car collided...   (Associated Press)
George Clooney poses for a portrait during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Sept. 8, 2007. George Clooney suffered road rash and a broken rib Friday Sept 21, 2007, when the motorcycle he was riding was hit by a car. The 46-year-old actor was treated at Palisades Medical Center...
George Clooney poses for a portrait during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Sept. 8, 2007. George Clooney suffered road rash and a broken rib Friday Sept 21, 2007, when the motorcycle...   (Associated Press)
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