Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman is in hospital after being injured in a car accident in Mississippi.

 

Kathy Stringer, from the Regional Medical Center in Memphis, says the 71-year-old is in a serious condition.

 

Ashley Norris, manager of the Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale that is owned by Freeman, confirmed the actor had been in an accident.

 

A spokesman for Mississippi highway Patrol, where the crash happened, said a statement would be released shortly.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7541667.stm

OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!, I hope he is ok...

:stunned: I hope he's okay...gosh this is horrible!! I wish him a speedy recovery.

 

Ashame, he's one of my favorite actors as well. :sad:

oh nooooo noooo noooo.I hope he's gonna be alright!!!:stunned::stunned::cry:

The Guardian says he was conscious at the scene, but sounds like he had to be cut out of the car before being airlifted to hospital

wow. I hope he makes a full recovery and isn't too seriously injured.

he's one of the greatest actors ever!

 

besides, they can't kill off Lucius Fox! :P

all the batman stars aren't having much luck are they! heath ledger died :cry: :cry: christian bale is in trouble with the police and now this :cry: :cry:

 

I hope Morgan pulls through, the guy is a legend!

all the batman stars aren't having much luck are they! heath ledger died :cry: :cry: christian bale is in trouble with the police and now this :cry: :cry:

 

I hope Morgan pulls through, the guy is a legend!

 

Are you trying to say Batman is cursed??:stunned:

I'm not saying Batman himself is cursed :laugh3: maybe the film is. I hope it's not but don't you think it's abit weird?

I'm not saying Batman himself is cursed :laugh3: maybe the film is. I hope it's not but don't you think it's abit weird?

 

Obviously I didn't mean Batman the character.:dozey:

:laugh3:!!!

Obviously I didn't mean Batman the character.:dozey:

 

I knew what you meant :thinking: :embarassed: :laugh3:

I knew what you meant :thinking: :embarassed: :laugh3:

 

:rolleyes:

Oh dear. I hope he's Ok, he's one of my favorite actors too!!

Oh no!! I hope he pulls through this!!!

Bad news... :( Hope he is better, great actor! :(

Good news

 

The 71-year-old actor broke his shoulder and arm in the incident, but is expected to make a "good" recovery, Freeman's spokesman told showbiz website TMZ.com.

 

http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5j59XKeceYrmRjfRuFl9zrVyH9JfQ

ohh what a shame.

 

 

i freaking love him. he's such a good actor.

 

but i heard on yahoo! headlines that he was talking and joking with the rescuers, which is a good sign. :)

 

get well soon, morgan!!! :D

He can't be hurt, he's God!:stunned:

 

Christian Bale in prison, Morgan Freeman injured, it's gonna be tough stretch to make Batman 3.

you're forgetting.

 

Heath Ledger = dead.

 

:P

 

this movie has NO luck whatsoever,

 

and Bale is (ironically) on BAIL.

 

Christian BAIL. LOL

you're forgetting.

 

Heath Ledger = dead.

 

:P

 

this movie has NO luck whatsoever,

 

and Bale is (ironically) on BAIL.

 

Christian BAIL. LOL

 

:dozey:

 

yeah, it might actually be a blessing to replace Christian Bale, everyone keeps complaining about his voice:laugh3:

Hope he pulls through.

Get well soon

He's doing much better now though

Wife divorcing after 24 years

 

Days after he was involved in a serious car accident, a friend of “Dark Knight” star Morgan Freeman confirmed to Access Hollywood that the actor is getting a divorce.

 

Freeman and his wife of 24-years, costumer Myrna Colley-Lee, “are involved in a divorce action,” the actor’s Mississippi-based attorney and business partner Bill Luckett told Access Hollywood. “And for legal and practical purposes, (Freeman and Colley-Lee) have been separated since December of 2007.”

 

Freeman was involved in an accident late Sunday night, during which the car he was driving flipped end-over-end. The actor and his female passenger, identified as Demaris Meyer, were driving on Mississippi Highway 32 in a rural area of Tallahatchie County at 11:30 p.m. on Sunday evening, when Freeman’s car went off the right side of the road and flipped over.

 

Freeman and Meyer, who has been described as the actor’s friend, were on the way to Freeman’s home when the accident occurred.

 

The doors were jammed on the vehicle and both of them had to be removed from the car with the Jaws of Life, a spokesperson for the Mississippi Highway Patrol confirmed to Access.

 

Though the accident was serious, Freeman was conscious as he was pulled him from the car, according to Clay McFerrin, editor of the Sun Sentinel in Charleston, who was on the scene of the accident.

 

“He was lucid, conscious,” McFerrin told the Associated Press. “He was talking, joking with some of the rescue workers at one point.”

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26056594/