Italy Clooney recovering after motorbike crash

Actor George Clooney slammed his motorbike into an oncoming car that turned suddenly into his lane yesterday and was thrown several metres in the air on the Italian island of Sardinia, according to video of the crash. ‘‘He is recovering at his home and will be fine,’’ Clooney spokesman Stan Rosenfield said. The John Paul II hospital in Olbia confirmed Clooney was treated there and released after a few hours.The newspaper La Nuova Sardegna said the 57-year-old Clooney was heading to a film set when the accident happened.