Olly Murs rushed to hospital with horror injury after onstage accident

“It’s been a mad 24 hours. I honestly thought the worst”

Olly Murs hospital knee injury accident

by Nathan Katnoria |
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Olly Murs has updated fans from his hospital bed after being rushed into emergency surgery following a grim on-stage accident.

The singer was performing at Newbury Racecourse on Friday evening when he suffered a horror injury as a fragment of bone lodged itself in the back of his knee.

Despite his painful injury, Olly seemed to be in good spirits as he took to Instagram to explain exactly what had happened.

He told fans, “I am so sorry I look like a bag of sh-t this morning but I wanted to send you a message to let you know what is going on.

“Why is Olly in the hospital bed? I’ve just had surgery on my left leg.”

He continued, “For some of you who came to my Newmarket gig on Friday, thank you for your kind messages of support and just checking it was OK. It has been a mad 72 hours since the gig getting to this point.

“Basically after my second song, a fragment of bone that was in my knee managed, after I jumped, to lodge itself on the back of my knee which basically shut my leg down. During the gig I was just limping the whole time. Couldn't believe it. Basically, I am in, I have had the surgery.”

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Olly added, “It's been a mad 72 hours. I honestly thought the worst, I thought I might have done my knee again.

“I thought I had ruptured my ACL to be honest. This is great news, it really is positive. I'm going to stay positive and rest up for the next few days. Lots of love, everyone."

The Voice UK coach later shared a picture of the bone fragments that were removed from his knee and wrote, “What are the chances 🤣🥴🤦🏻‍♂️.”

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This isn’t the first time Olly has been rushed to hospital as he revealed that he was hospitalised with possible sepsis last year after a scheduled knee operation.

Sepsis is an infection of the blood usually picked up in hospitals, which, in extreme cases, can result in loss of limbs and even death.

Speaking to his followers on an Instagram Live chat last year he said, “When I had the operation my left leg had to be straightened and they put a plate in. After three months the plate got infected so then I had to get rushed back into hospital, they thought it was sepsis.

"They had to open me up again in case the infection spread. So it got nasty."

We’re wishing Olly a speedy recovery.

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