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Freeman Still Serious
Morgan Freeman remains in serious condition with a broken arm and elbow after rescuers used a jaws-of-life machine to free him and a passenger from their car after it crashed on a stretch of rural Mississippi Delta highway over the weekend. Freeman and
his passenger, Demaris Meyer were taken to the Regional Medical Center in Memphis following the accident in Tallahatchie County. State troopers said the car careened off the highway and overturned twice before landing upright in a ditch. Donna Lee, Freeman's publicist, said he underwent surgery late Monday, and has a broken arm, broken elbow and minor shoulder damage "but is in good spirits." Lee said "He is expected to make a full recovery." Kathy Stringer, a spokeswoman at the Memphis hospital about 90 miles north of the accident, said that no information, other than the listing of serious, would be released about Freeman. Freeman's home is near Charleston and it is about 5 miles from the accident. Bill Rogers said that he saw the accident scene from his house on Mississippi Highway 32."I was watching TV, and I heard the skid," Rogers said. "I looked out the window and saw the car flipping head over end." Rogers said he hurried to the scene and immediately recognized Freeman. He said he quickly returned to his home and notified authorities. When he returned to the accident scene, Meyer seemed alert, but Freeman "wasn't totally coherent," he said.
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