Morgan Freeman seriously injured

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Morgan Freeman hurt in car crash


Morgan Freeman received an Oscar for Million Dollar Baby in 2005

Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman is in hospital after being injured in a car accident near his Mississippi home.
The 71-year-old Dark Knight star is in a serious condition, according to staff at Memphis's Regional Medical Center.
The accident happened shortly before midnight on Sunday outside Charleston in the Mississippi Delta.
A Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman told the BBC that Mr Freeman's car left the road and "began to flip several times" before landing in a ditch.
Mr Freeman - who had been driving the car - and a female passenger were airlifted to the Memphis hospital, about 145km (90 miles) north of where the accident occurred in Tallahatchie County.
Talking at the scene
Both the actor and the woman, Demaris Meyer of Memphis, had been wearing seatbelts at the time of the accident, said Sergeant Ben Williams.

FREEMAN FACTS

Born 1 June 1937, in Memphis, Tennessee
He spent several years in the US Air Force as a mechanic
Freeman started acting in the 1960s, appearing a couple of off-Broadway shows
His first credited film appearance was in 1971's Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
Freeman starred in some of the biggest films of the 1990s, including The Shawshank Redemption, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Se7en, and Deep Impact
He won an Oscar in 2005 for the film Million Dollar Baby
Freeman plays Lucius Fox in this summer's blockbuster, The Dark Knight (pictured)

"There's no indication that either alcohol or drugs were involved," he added.
Mr Freeman was conscious and talking at the scene, he said, but the extent of his injuries was unclear.
There were "no other vehicles or pedestrians involved", he said.
An investigation into the accident is currently under way.
Clay McFerrin, editor of local newspaper the Sun-Sentinel, told the Associated Press news agency he had been at the scene on Mississippi Highway 32, not far from where Mr Freeman owns a home with his wife.
"He was lucid, conscious," Mr McFerrin said. "He was talking, joking with some of the rescue workers at one point."
When one person tried to take a photo with a mobile phone, Mr Freeman joked, "no freebies, no freebies," Mr McFerrin said.
Mechanic
Morgan Freeman is one of Hollywood's best loved and busiest actors, says the BBC's Rajesh Mirchandani in Los Angeles.
Mr Freeman won a best supporting actor Oscar for boxing drama Million Dollar Baby in 2005.


He has twice been nominated in the leading actor category - for The Shawshank Redemption in 1995 and Driving Miss Daisy in 1990.
Last year it was announced the actor would play former South African president Nelson Mandela in forthcoming film The Human Factor.
His first credited film appearance was in the 1971 movie Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
Prior to that, he had worked as a mechanic in the US Air Force.
His film appearances include Se7en, Unforgiven and the rebooted Batman franchise.

[Spiffing]

oh ma lawd
shame

[Heart Break Kid]

oh dear tis shame

[Jordy]

oh my GOD.

Sounds a little exaggerated, he was talking at the scene then that's a good start though his other injuries do sound rather bad.

Get well soon.

[brandon]

I hope he's ok, I love him.

[Hiro]

Hope he's okay. He's a legendary actor!

[Jahova]

If he was speaking, surely he should be ok?

[Judge Judy]

He'll be better hopefully, seeing as he is God.

[myke]

Okokok, so he's sitting in hospital, talking to people, sat up and stuff, if it was one of us lot who were in the same condition as him it would just be "oh, they'll recover soon" but the media are over exaggerating, as usual "MORGAN FREEMAN SERIOUSLY INJURED" "MORGAN FREEMAN IN CRITICAL STATE" "MORGAN FREEMAN HAS BATMAN CURSE", if it was someone of normal class, it would be "Ahh, a few bad bones, you'll be fine soon" ;l

It annoys me, what makes them different from us?

[Judge Judy]

Okokok, so he's sitting in hospital, talking to people, sat up and stuff, if it was one of us lot who were in the same condition as him it would just be "oh, they'll recover soon" but the media are over exaggerating, as usual "MORGAN FREEMAN SERIOUSLY INJURED" "MORGAN FREEMAN IN CRITICAL STATE" "MORGAN FREEMAN HAS BATMAN CURSE", if it was someone of normal class, it would be "Ahh, a few bad bones, you'll be fine soon" ;l

It annoys me, what makes them different from us?

Myke, this is Morgan Freeman you're talking about, you're hurting his feelings. :eusa_whis