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The singer had a "high-energy bicycle accident" at Central Park on Sunday
His injuries include a broken arm and a fractured eye socket
Doctors operated on him for hours Sunday and Monday
U2 front man Bono injured his arm in a Central Park cycling accident and now needs surgery, a statement on the band’s official website said Sunday.
It turns out his injuries were not minor.
The singer had a “high-energy bicycle accident” when he tried to avoid another rider Sunday at Central Park, according to New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he was treated. The hospital released details on his injuries for the first time Wednesday night.
Bono underwent hours of multiple surgeries after the accident, it said.
He broke his arm in six spots, fractured his eye socket and also his shoulder blade – the latter in three places, according to Dr. Dean Lorich, a trauma surgeon at the hospital.
Doctors operated on him for five hours Sunday, which included repairing his bone with three metal plates and 18 screws, Lorich said in a statement.
A day later, he had surgery on his left hand to repair a fracture.
“He will require intensive and progressive therapy. However, a full recovery is expected,” the doctor said.
Bono’s mishaps this month could have been much worse.
The rear hatch of his aircraft dropped off midflight on his way from Dublin to Berlin on November 13.
The ground crew discovered the hatch was missing shortly after the plane landed. Two suitcases flew out, but all six people aboard were fine.