Morgan Freeman in car accident!

[AaronSOLDIER]

The 71-year-old Oscar-winner and star of new Batman film The Dark Knight is being treated in a Memphis hospital following the crash shortly before midnight last night.



A spokeswoman for the Regional Medical Centre said Freeman is in a "serious condition".



According to website tmz.com, Freeman was driving on Highway 32 in Tallahatchie County when he lost control of the vehicle, which flipped over several times. He and an unidentified female passenger had to be cut from the wreckage.



Freeman was conscious when the emergency services arrived and even joked to onlookers, according to a witness at the scene.
When one bystander attempted to take a photograph with his mobile phone, the actor said: “No freebies, no freebies.”



Clay McFerrin, editor of the Sun Sentinel newspaper in nearby Charleston, was on the scene soon after the accident took place.



“They had to use the jaws of life [hydraulic cutters] to extract him from the vehicle. He was lucid, conscious. He was talking, joking with some of the rescue workers at one point,” Mr McFerrin said, adding that the car appeared to have left the highway and landed in a ditch.



It is believed that no other vehicle was involved in the crash. A Highway Patrol sopkesman confirmed that Freeman was involved in the accident but said officers were still gathering information.



Freeman lives in Charleston with his second wife, Myrna, and owns a restaurant in nearby Clarksdale.



Freeman is one of Hollywood's best-loved actors, with films including The Shawshank Redemption, Amistad and Million Dollar Baby, the latter earning him an Oscar in 2005.



He is currently on the big screen as Lucius Fox, Batman's trusty aide in The Dark Knight.



The hospital, commonly known as The Med, is an acute-care teaching facility which serves patients within 150 miles of Memphis.



Ashley Norris, manager of the Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, Mississippi, which is owned by Freeman, confirmed the actor was in an accident but said she had no other details.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...-accident.html

Well that seriously sucks, hope he recovers!

[zeon9881]

Usually these threads go like hot cakes, something must be stealing the thunder

[SoDev]

That sucks! Freeman is a god!

[webshark]

wow, i really hope he is ok. he is one of my all time favorite actors, second only to sean connery.

[GuitarrassDeAmor]

Dude, this sucks. He is a great actor....I hope he is alright.

[zeon9881]

Yea he will probably be alright, he was joking when the ambulance people were talking to him, head injury?

[DangerousMali]

noooo, i need him to play my Ban thread movie (ban thread joke)

in all seriousness i hope him a fast recovery on his injuries, a great man

[Scotracer]

Lost control of his car on a motorway in normal conditions? He was either driving like a fool (speeding/aggressive style) or his car had a failure (tyre blow-out or suspension failure).

Still, hope he's okay.

[robandmundt]

Lost control of his car on a motorway in normal conditions? He was either driving like a fool (speeding/aggressive style) or his car had a failure (tyre blow-out or suspension failure).

Still, hope he's okay.

he apparently fell asleep at the wheel

[Jaeger]

I don't really care how or why he crashed, I just hope he's alright. It would be a shame for anything to happen to him, and a great loss to Hollywood.

[SoDev]

Lost control of his car on a motorway in normal conditions? He was either driving like a fool (speeding/aggressive style) or his car had a failure (tyre blow-out or suspension failure).

Still, hope he's okay.

Yea, that is all of the possible scenarios.

[Naxi]

I can imagine a narration going through his head during that drive. I wish him a fast recovery.

[ryanworldleader]

Hope he pulls through, he's a great actor.

[fickle pickle]

When I saw this title I thought it was going to be some joke about the Half Life Morgan Freeman

[Blu-Ray]

Wow, I hope he's already. One of my favorite actors, if not my favorite.

[Xelios]

Well, that sucks. I hope he's ok. Who can star as Fox other than him in Batman 3? It wouldnt be as good

[Yastastic]

Does the batman films carry some curse with it or something?

[GAbravedawg]

Hope he gets better soon, hes an awesome actor.

[AaronSOLDIER]

When I saw this title I thought it was going to be some joke about the Half Life Morgan Freeman

Thats Gordon Freeman lol, but yeah, it does sound pretty much the same! lol

[darky89]

Yeah, this is some terrible news. I really hope he's alright.
He's a brilliant actor and seems like a rather nice person too.

[fickle pickle]

Thats Gordon Freeman lol, but yeah, it does sound pretty much the same! lol

****, I knew that lol

[MiThRaZoR]

- Katie homes abducted by tom cruise (took that joke from Jimmy Kimmel)
- Heath Dies
- Christian Bale is having problems with his family
Now - Morgan freeman is in a car accident.

Might just be me thinking it but does the batman films carry some curse with it or something? Strange.

That's what I was thinking too, lol. Just like the Tupac biography movies, the person that played Tupac ended up dying one way or another.

[dionusos]

He should have been driving his Tumbler, then it wouldn't be a problem.

In all seriousness he's one of my favourite actors too.

[Pez_555]

Lost control of his car on a motorway in normal conditions? He was either driving like a fool (speeding/aggressive style) or his car had a failure (tyre blow-out or suspension failure).

Still, hope he's okay.

or fell asleep at the wheel, or someone hit his car hence why he lost control....etc etc.

i thought you knew a lot about cars and driving?

[~Shadow Demon~]

I'm glad he's ok, I hope he gets better.