George Clooney, 46, and his new girlfriend Sarah Larson, a 28 year-old cocktail waitress and former Fear Factor winner that he met in Vegas, were in an accident on Friday when a car hit the motorcycle they were on. Clooney had a small fracture on one of his ribs and road rash while his girlfriend’s foot was broken. She also had some cuts on her face.

Clooney and his girlfriend were in Weehawken, NJ for some reason, and a car in the left lane is said to have tried to make a right turn and to have cut them off, causing the accident.
While Clooney says the other driver, a 27 year-old guy in a 1999 Mazda Millenia, sped up and tried to pass him before making a right turn, the other guy says that Clooney was trying to pass cars in the right lane and that’s what caused the accident.

Clooney’s girlfriend was taken to the hospital by ambulance while he followed on his bike. Both were treated in North Bergen, NJ at Palisades Medical Center.

People Magazine reports that Clooney is in NY filming a new movie, Burn After Reading. It is not known exactly what they were doing in Jersey.

Now that Clooney and his girl had a near-death encounter, maybe he’ll change his ways and actually commit to her longer than his three month cut off period. It’s possible he realizes that time is short and that he’s getting old.

I’m glad that they’re both ok and that they didn’t suffer more serious injuries. Motorcycles are a lot of fun and there’s a definite feeling of freedom that you get while riding, but they’re also incredibly dangerous and need to be handled with care.

Thanks to Splash News for the header image of Clooney with Larson in NY yesterday. She looks a lot prettier to me in that picture than in the earlier one I saw. Clooney is shown below on his motorcycle back in June. Here are more pictures of Clooney on his motorcycle.