UPDATE #3: Freeman’s publicist says that he has suffered a broken shoulder and broken arm. Freeman’s friend and business partner says Moran was sitting up and talking at the hospital today. He has officially been listed as being in “serious” condition by the Regional Medical Center in Memphis. Still no word on who was in the car with him or an official update as to whether or not he was asleep at the wheel.

UPDATE #2: Local media in Memphis reports that they’re being “told” that Freeman “may have” fallen asleep at the wheel. Oy vey.

UPDATE: A few more details available now. According to Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman, Ben Williams, Freeman and his passenger were traveling eastbound on Mississippi Highway 32 in Tallahatchie County when their vehicle went off the road. The car flipped “several times” before it came to a rest. Emergency crews had to use the jaws of life to extract Freeman and the female (who has not yet been identified). They were both airlifted to the Regional Medical Center in Memphis for medical attention.

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Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesperson Ben Williams said Freeman and a female passenger were traveling eastbound on Mississippi Highway 32 in Tallahatchie County when his vehicle went off the edge of the road.  Freeman’s vehicle flipped several times before it came to rest.

Emergency crews extracted Freeman and his passenger from their vehicle using the jaws of life.  They were then both airlifted to the Regional Medical Center in Memphis.

Academy Award winner and Dark Knight co-star, Morgan Freeman, 71, has been injured in a “serious” car accident.

Police officials in the small town of Ruleville, MS, say that he was airlifted from the accident and taken to a hospital in Memphis. They say that alcohol is not considered to be a factor in the crash. Freeman’s condition is unknon at this time, but state troopers did say that Freeman was talking at the scene before being transported to the hospital. There was also an unidentified female passenger in the car at the time of the accident, and her condition is unknown.

I’m pretty sure Batman is cursed. Heath Ledger died, Christian Bale was arrested, Morgan Freeman gets into a car wreck. Sure, it could all the coincidence, but if I were Maggie Gyllenhaal, I’d be a bit paranoid that my ticket was up next.

I’ll keep you posted for updates on Freeman, I hope he’ll be ok.