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March 29, 2024

Multiple fractures for Bono in N.Y. bicycle accident

Bono

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In this March 2, 2014, photo, U2 frontman Bono arrives at the Oscars at Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. A New York City doctor says Bono suffered multiple fractures and had to have two surgeries after his weekend bicycle accident.

NEW YORK — An injury to U2 singer Bono after what was described by the group as a "cycling spill" left him with multiple fractures that required him to undergo two surgeries, a doctor said Wednesday.

Bono was in a "high-energy bicycle accident" when he was trying to avoid another cyclist on Sunday, orthopedic trauma surgeon Dr. Dean Lorich said in a statement from NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Hospital for Special Surgery.

Bono arrived at the Manhattan hospital and underwent multiple X-rays and tests that showed he had a facial fracture involving his left eye socket, his left shoulder blade fractured in three places and a left elbow fracture that went through the skin and left the bone in six pieces.

Lorich said Bono underwent a five-hour surgery that included washing his elbow out, moving a trapped nerve and inserting three plates and 18 screws on Sunday night. Bono had another surgery to repair a fracture to his left little finger on Monday.

Lorich said Bono will need therapy but a full recovery is expected.

On Sunday, U2 guitarist The Edge, bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullen posted that "Bono has injured his arm in a cycling spill in Central Park." They said the band would have to reschedule its planned weeklong appearance on NBC's "Tonight Show" with Jimmy Fallon.

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