Osbourne resting after emergency surgery

Wednesday, December 10, 2003

LONDON -- Heavy metal musician Ozzy Osbourne fractured several bones including a neck vertebra in an all-terrain vehicle accident but the injuries are "not a major problem," a doctor said Tuesday. Osbourne, 55, was stable and comfortable after emergency surgery that restored the flow to a blood vessel damaged in Monday's accident. Osbourne sustained the injuries while riding a quad bike, or all-terrain vehicle, on his Buckinghamshire property in southern England.

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