Morgan Freeman Hospitalized After Car Accident

CNN and the AP are reporting that Morgan Freeman was in a car accident in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi on Sunday night. Freeman was airlifted to a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, where he is in serious condition. Reports from the scene of the accident indicate that Freeman was talking as he was removed from the scene; according to one local journalist,

They had to use the jaws of life to extract him from the vehicle. He was lucid, conscious. He was talking, joking with some of the rescue workers at one point.

This summer, Freeman can be seen in The Dark Knight and Wanted. To Mr. Freeman and his family from the /Film community: Our thoughts and prayers are with you.