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BREAKING: Morgan Freeman In Serious Car Wreck
Posted by Seth at 2:34 AM on August 5, 2008
Terrible news: Morgan Freeman is in "serious condition" after the jaws of life were used to pry him out of a severe car wreck near his home in Mississippi:
Academy Award winning actor Morgan Freeman was involved in a serious car accident Sunday night in north Mississippi.
Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesperson Ben Williams said Freeman and a female passenger were travelling eastbound on Mississippi Highway 32 in Tallahatchie County when his vehicle went off the edge of the road. Freeman overcorrected, flipping his 1997 Nissan Maxima several times before coming to a rest.
Emergency crews extracted Freeman and his passenger from their vehicle using the jaws of life. According to Williams, they were both airlifted to the Regional Medical Centre in Memphis, where Freeman was listed in serious condition Monday morning.
The condition of Freeman's passenger has not been released.
Yes, a 1997 Nissan Maxima—a car very unbefitting God. Now that that's been addressed, you don't have to. On to the next topic: What is up with The Dark Knight curse? This is scaring the crap out of us. Developing...
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ColbertNation
Posted 3:26 AM 5/8/08
Apparently he was joking with the paramedics as he was carried away from the wreck. Total pro.
ColbertNation
dollywould
Posted 3:25 AM 5/8/08
Oh no, get better soon, Morgan!
Someone please check on Michael Caine. I don't like this talk of curses! ):
dollywould
WGARefugee
Posted 3:15 AM 5/8/08
I can't believe that his Wikipedia entry has already been updated to include his accident. The idea of some pale, morbidly obese geek grimly chronicling my life from his bedroom at his parents' house frightens me.
WGARefugee
fellowes
Posted 3:02 AM 5/8/08
I heard that driving a 1997 Nissan Maxima through Mississippi was on his bucket list. Strange, yes, but I will not begrudge him this.
fellowes
Dave J.
Posted 2:58 AM 5/8/08
A Nissan Maxima? This is worse than the time Haley Joel Osmont crashed his Saturn.
I did read elsewhere though that apparently the medics said he was awake and talking before being airlifted, so perhaps there is that good news.
Dave J.
SikeChick19
Posted 2:58 AM 5/8/08
@harshmellow:
He don't need no fancy car. He's just THAT awesome.
I wish him well.
SikeChick19
hummingpenguin
Posted 2:58 AM 5/8/08
I didn't realize it was so serious. Yikes, I hope he'll be okay.
hummingpenguin
ColbertNation
Posted 2:56 AM 5/8/08
Fuck. I hope he pulls through.
The Dark Knight is shaping up to be the new Poltergeist.
ColbertNation
harshmellow
Posted 2:51 AM 5/8/08
A 1997 Maxima??!! I have a newer car than that--Morgan, shouldn't you be driving around in an armored Ferrari or something?
harshmellow
Old No.7
Posted 2:49 AM 5/8/08
Shoulda been you, Katherine Heigl.
Old No.7
harshmellow
Posted 2:49 AM 5/8/08
Damn. I work right down the street from the Med, where Morgan is now. This sucks. He's one of the best and he's still got lotsa years left to give us that Morgan Freeman awesomeness...
harshmellow
Losin_it
Posted 2:47 AM 5/8/08
I was in such a good mood this morning, too. Terrible.
Losin_it
roxybebop
Posted 2:42 AM 5/8/08
maybe the movie is cursed...?
roxybebop
fellowes
Posted 2:41 AM 5/8/08
Any word on Miss Daisy's status?
Sorry, I feel bad now.
fellowes
harshmellow
Posted 3:51 AM 5/8/08
(A little) more info from the Memphis paper:
[www.commercialappeal.com]
harshmellow
NoWireHangers
Posted 3:47 AM 5/8/08
Nooooooo!
NoWireHangers
EuroDad
Posted 3:38 AM 5/8/08
holy freakin' hell; please PLEASE let him pull through. Morgan is one of my all-time favorite actors; even in movies that were less than phenomenal i don't think i've ever seen a performance by the great Mr. Freeman that i didn't thoroughly enjoy.
all my best for a speedy recovery!
EuroDad
Oxycontinmoron
Posted 4:37 AM 5/8/08
(The joke, not Heigl.)
Oxycontinmoron
Oxycontinmoron
Posted 4:37 AM 5/8/08
@Old No.7: Nope. Still not old.
Oxycontinmoron
Victor Ward
Posted 4:28 AM 5/8/08
I should so go check on him, the Med's like three miles from my place.
Also, I wonder if the passenger was the woman with whom he's been having an affair - at least, the woman local gossip says he's hitting it with.
Victor Ward
kookla
Posted 5:23 AM 5/8/08
Anyonehear from Gary Oldman lately?
kookla