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 04 Aug Morgan Freeman in car accident
Morgan Freeman the African-American Oscar-winning actor is in serious condition hospital after being injured in a car accident in Mississippi.
Reports said 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 in Tallahatchie County in the Mississippi Delta.
A Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman told the press that Freeman's car left the road and "began to flip several times" before landing in a ditch. Both the actor and a female passenger had been wearing seatbelts and were airlifted to hospital, said Sergeant Ben Williams.
Freeman was conscious and talking at the scene of the accident, he added, 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 underway.
Freeman won a best supporting actor Oscar for boxing drama Million Dollar Baby in 2005, and 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.
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