Arnie leaves hospital

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has left a Santa Monica hospital four days after undergoing surgery on a broken leg suffered while skiing.

The 59-year-old Terminator actor expects to walk with crutches when he is sworn in on Friday to begin his second term as California’s governor.

Schwarzenegger broke his right thigh bone last weekend while skiing in Sun Valley, Idaho.

In a 90-minute operation on Tuesday, doctors at St John’s Health Centre used screws and cables to link the broken fragments.