Thursday, April 1, 2010

Back in Anna's arms



Collarbone and two ribs broken. Actor Jan Josef Liefers (43) and the painful, rapid end of his 10,000-kilometer motorcycle adventure through South America. Now he is back in the arms of his pregnant wife, Anna Loos.
It should be a real men's tour: with his friend Tobias Langhoff 10,000 kilometers on motorcycles through South America. But the fast end of the adventure came for Jan Josef Liefers just behind Lima (Peru) on the 4700 meter high mountain pass road in the direction of Cuzco.
The legendary Route 40 is known for surprises. Potholes, large rocks, lots of dust and gravel. Suddenly turning between Pisco and Ayacucho, a boy (8) with a bicycle in the middle of the road. Liefers jerked the handlebars, the bike still pulled the boy. Liefers tumbled, slammed down hard.
Both were taken to a private clinic in Ayacucho, says Stefanie Brown, spokeswoman for the DMAX TV channel, the adventure tour guide sollte.Dem boys it goes well, despite some slight bruises. He had already been discharged from the hospital. Liefers suffered a broken right collarbone and two broken ribs.
Liefers articulated: "For our trip, I would have liked a different outcome, but with three fractures in the body, it is impossible to continue such a trip on a motorcycle." On Wednesday, he had landed back in Berlin, and was worried about his pregnant wife Closed Anna Loos in his arms: "I am so glad that Jan had a guardian angel," but it January already thinking ahead to a continuation of the adventure ...