George Clooney's Motorcycle Mayhem

Fri., Sep. 21, 2007 4:40 PM PDT by Marcus Errico

George Clooney logged some time back at the ER—unfortunately for the Oscar-winning star, this trip was all too real.

The actor and his girlfriend, Sarah Larson, suffered broken bones Friday after their motorcycle was sideswiped by a car in New Jersey, his publicist Stan Rosenfield tells E! News.

According to Weehawken Police Sergeant Sean Kelly, the accident occurred at 3:30 p.m. on a Boulevard East, a narrow road with views of the New York skyline, when Clooney tried to pass a 1999 Mazda Millenia that was allegedly attempting a righthand turn from the left lane.

The Mazda driver, 27-year-old Albert Sciancalepore, told police that Clooney was the one hastily passing cars in the right lane, while the actor said that the other driver sped up to pass him to make the turn.

"The car signaled left. George was riding to the right," Rosenfield said. "The driver decided to make an abrupt right turn and clipped George."

No citations have been issued but the accident remains under investigation.

"It's a he-said, she-said right now, but you can't pass on the right in Weehawken or anywhere in Jersey," Kelly said, adding that it's unknown whether the Mazda's turn signal was on.

Clooney, an avid biker, was treated for a hairline fracture of a rib and "road rash" at Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen, New Jersey, not far from the New York border. Larson was taken away by ambulance but Clooney was able to leave the scene on his Harley-Davidson, Kelly said. Each was wearing a helmet when the crash occurred.

Larson sustained a broken foot and appeared to have cuts on her face, according to police.

They were released shortly after entering the facility.

Aside from the injury being "very painful" and likely taking "a long time to heal," Rosenfield said Clooney is "doing fine."

Clooney, 46, recently made the red carpet rounds with Larson at the Deauville, Venice and Toronto film festivals, touting his new Best Actor-bait legal thriller, Michael Clayton. The film is set for an Oct. 12 release.

The two were first linked in June, following the premiere of Ocean's Thirteen at Las Vegas' Palms Casino Resort, where the 28-year-old Larson worked as a cocktail waitress. Larson had her first brush with fame in 2005, when she and her former boyfriend won NBC's Fear Factor.

Clooney is in the Tristate area shooting his latest film, Joel and Ethan Coen's Burn After Reading, which also stars Brad Pitt, John Malkovich and Frances McDormand.