Unofficial Tex Murphy

Minneapolis Star Tribune wrote: JACKSON, MISS. - Actor Morgan Freeman was hospitalized in serious condition Monday after the car he was driving left a rural road in the Mississippi Delta and flipped several times.

Freeman, 71, was airlifted to the Regional Medical Center in Memphis, about 90 miles north of the accident in rural Tallahatchie County.

The actor "has a broken arm, broken elbow and minor shoulder damage, but is in good spirits," his publicist said. "He is having a little bit of surgery this afternoon or tomorrow to help correct the damage," she said. "He says he'll be OK and is looking forward to a full recovery."

Freeman, who won an Oscar for his role in "Million Dollar Baby," appears in "The Dark Knight."

Freeman and a friend, Demaris Meyer, were traveling on Hwy. 32 when the car, belonging to Meyer, ran off the road shortly before midnight Sunday, authorities said. The vehicle flipped several times but landed upright in a ditch about 5 miles west of Charleston, not far from where Freeman and his wife live. A State Patrol spokesman said rescuers had to use the jaws of life to remove Freeman from the car. He said there was no evidence of alcohol or drug use.

Clay McFerrin, editor of Sun Sentinel in Charleston, who went to the scene, said Freeman was conscious and joking with the rescue workers at one point.

Meyer's condition is not known.

Latest: Morgan Freeman broke his shoulder and arm when he flipped his car over in Mississippi on Sunday night.

The actor and his passenger Demaris Meyer had to be cut from the wreckage and airlifted to the Regional Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee after Morgan lost control of the vehicle on Highway 32, near his home in Charleston.

After initial concerns about his wellbeing, the 71-year-old's publicist has confirmed Freeman is suffering broken bones, but is expected to make a "good" recovery.

He was visited in hospital on Monday (4Aug08) by Bill Luckett, friend and co-owner of Freeman's Mississippi restaurant Madidi, who said the star was sitting up and talking.

Meyer, whose relationship to Freeman is unknown, is suffering from minor injuries but is "in good condition".

Bafitis wrote:The man is 71 years old... Whenever the patient is that old, they call it Serious, especially when it's a Celebrity...

Bjyman wrote:If its and arm and a shoulder how can they say its serious? I blame America for all these deaths because they dont fund the needed gene therapy research and for not being on top of their game in medical science. These news reporters think they're so smart posting articles about people's deaths but they dont have a solution or make the pitch for funding gene therapy at the end of their articles.

oldmurphy wrote:Well being in a car accident is usually Serious anyway, but usually not Deadly Serious. I know, I've been in one.