SIMON Cowell is lucky not to be paralysed after breaking his back in three places in a fall from his electric bike. Simon, 60, who needed six hours of surgery, missed injuring his spinal cord by a centimetre.
A source said: “He could have been looking at a life in a wheelchair.” Cowell fell and broke his back after trying out a powerful new electric bike — and accidentally pulling a wheelie.
His son Eric, six, and his partner Lauren Silverman’s teenage lad Adam watched in horror as Simon, 60, fell backwards and smashed down onto a concrete floor at his Los Angeles home.
A source said: “He was testing out his new bike with Eric and Adam and the power of it surprised him a bit. “He fell back directly onto his back and immediately knew he was.
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