Crash Photo: Morgan Freeman Car Accident Scene
August 06, 2008
Although he survived with only a few broken bones, photos of Morgan Freeman’s weekend car crash show a badly mangled vehicle.
Late Sunday night, Freeman, 71, was driving a 1997 Nissan Maxima that authorities said belongs to Demaris Meyer, 48, a woman who has been identified as his friend.
Freeman and Meyer were driving near The Dark Knight actor’s home in Mississippi when the car veered off a rural road and flipped at least twice before landing upright.
Bill Rogers, a retired police officer who was the first person to arrive at the scene, said a dazed Freeman told him that he and Meyer were headed to his home in Charleston, a small town about 90 miles south of Memphis.
“He said that she had offered him a ride home; that they were friends and she had offered him a ride home and she didn’t really know the way and so he was going to drive the vehicle,” Rogers said Tuesday.
Rogers said he talked to Freeman and Meyer in attempt to keep them conscious — something he was trained to do as a police officer.
Rescuers used the Jaws of Life to free the two from the torn-apart car; they were then airlifted to a hospital in Memphis, where Freeman had surgery to repair his left arm and hand. Meyer was treated and released.
On Wednesday, Luckett, a Mississippi-based attorney, confirmed more big news about Freeman: The Shawshank Redemption actor and his wife of 24 years are getting a divorce.
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