Posted on 08/04/2008 2:30:22 PM PDT by Kimmers
The Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman said to be in a serious condition after the car he was driving flipped over several times late on Sunday.
Freeman was driving near his home in Charleston, Mississippi, at the time of the accident. The actor and a female companion were cut free by emergency workers before being airlifted to a hospital 90 miles away in Memphis, Tennessee.
Kathy Stringer, a spokeswoman for the regional medical centre in Memphis, described the 71-year-old actor's condition as "serious".
The editor of the Charleston Sun Sentinel newspaper, who arrived at the scene shortly after the accident, said Freeman had been conscious and talking to rescuers.
"They had to use the jaws of life [hydraulic cutters] to extract him from the vehicle," Clay McFerrin said. "He was lucid, conscious. He was talking, joking with some of the rescue workers at one point."
His account was confirmed by state troopers, who added that Freeman's 1997 Nissan Maxima had apparently gone off the road. The actor overcorrected, causing the car to flip over several times before coming to a rest.
Mississippi highway patrol sergeant Ben Williams told the Clarion-Ledger newspaper: "Both [occupants] had some injuries, to what extent I do not know."
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I really like him, a great actor....prayers for recovery
Morgan Freeman is a good actor.
Prayers for his recovery too!
Prayers up.
ping
Any word about Miss Daisy?
he is definitely a good actor. better, in my mind, because he lives outside of hollyweird and drives an old car. maybe he’s one of those closet conservatives?
I hope he comes through!
Can't say for sure. He did narrate F'n Kerry's biography at the 2004 Democrat Convention. But I'm sure he was probably paid for it, since he's got that distinctive voice.
Hope Freeman is OK, we need him in the next Batman.
If nothing else, I pray that Providence protected his vocal cords!
He’d still be a giant even if he could just narrate films/documentaries.
I heard he flies his plane to movie sites and hangs out in Miss. to play music in his own club. Sounds like an OK guy regardless what his politics might be (and I don't know).
Looks like Bernie Mac is seriously ill too, from pneumonia. Both gave $2,300 to the Obama campaign.
I still can’t get over the 1997 Nissan.
LOL, nice.
He has a club/restaurant in Clarksdale; dunno how often he visits. He's seen around Ole Miss fairly frequently.
MM (in TX)
Darn it!
He is one of the great actors still around.
Prayers up Mr. Freeman and for your companion also.
Ditto!
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