Simon Cowell is ‘lucky to be alive’ after he was sent flying over the handlebars of his e-bike in his second horror crash in 18 months, reports have said.
The 62-year-old music mogul was rushed to hospital near his west London home on Thursday with suspected concussion, facial cuts and a broken arm after he slammed into the road at 20mph while not wearing a helmet.
The tycoon was previously left with a broken back after a horror e-bike crash in Malibu in August 2020.
In the latest accident, the ‘blood-soaked’ tycoon was attended to by passersby before paramedics arrived, while three onlookers also stopped oncoming traffic.
Cowell was released from hospital the same evening with a cast on his arm and has been ordered to rest up.
Scary: Simon Cowell is reportedly ‘lucky to be alive’ after another terrifying e-bike crash sent him flying over the handlebars at 20mph (pictured riding the day before the crash near his West London home)
Recovering: The 62-year-old music mogul was rushed to hospital near his London home on Thursday with suspected concussion, facial cuts and a broken arm
Dangerous: The ‘blood-soaked’ tycoon was attended to by passersby before paramedics arrived, in the second horror e-bike crash in 18 months
A&E: Sources told The Sun that the 62-year-old music mogul was rushed to hospital on Monday after launching over the handlebars and onto the road at 20mph (pictured last month)
A source told The Sun: ‘Simon is lucky to be alive. He was pedalling along, with his electric motor on, when the wheels suddenly went from under him after hitting a wet patch.
‘He slipped and went flying over the handlebars into the middle of the road.’
The source added that blood was gushing from his face, likening him to something from the Phantom of the Opera.
Three onlookers stopped the traffic so he wouldn’t get run over.
After being taken in an ambulance to hospital, the father-of-one was X-rayed and eventually released with rest orders – and has since been seen with a lime green cast up to his shoulder.
Lucky escape: After being taken in an ambulance to hospital, the father-of-one was X-rayed and eventually released with rest orders
Close call: Simon’s seven-year-old son Eric, who he shares with fiancée Lauren Silverman, reportedly chose his dad’s cast
Simon’s seven-year-old son Eric, who he shares with fiancée Lauren Silverman, reportedly chose his dad’s cast and has drawn their two dogs, Squiddly and Diddly.
‘Despite this being his second great escape, Simon insists he’s not ditching the bike – but he will start wearing a helmet,’ the source concluded.
MailOnline has reached out to Simon’s representatives for comment.
In August 2020, Simon fell off his e-bike in Malibu and had to undergo back surgery.
Avid cyclist: After being ambulanced to hospital, the father-of-one was X-rayed and eventually released with rest orders (pictured April 2020)
Caring: Simon’s seven-year-old son Eric, who he shares with fiancée Lauren Silverman, reportedly chose his dad’s cast and has drawn their two dogs, Squiddly and Diddly (pictured August 2018)
But he said the ordeal only encouraged him to exercise even more, and, despite downgrading his bike to something a little more sedate, he told his ex girlfriend Terri Seymour on ExtraTV he still does ‘ten miles a day.’
‘My most creative time is now when I cycle, because I cycle even though it’s an e-bike. I still got to pedal and I do about ten miles a day… even though I had an accident on one.
‘That was more an electric motorbike – these are called pedal-assist bikes and they’re brilliant,’ he explained.
Simon was adamant he wasn’t nervous about getting back on a bike, even though he was only ‘a millimetre’ away from being paralysed.
‘That expression ‘get back on your bike,’ with me, it was literal. I feel better than I did because I exercise so much more.
‘Honestly, if I could rewind, I would have gone through the whole thing again. Just because I feel better now. Yeah, even though it hurt like hell at the time,’ he admitted.
Honest: Last November, the TV personality admitted he wouldn’t erase the accident that broke his back (pictured last month)
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