Morgan Freeman is on the mend today, following operating theater to his left arm and hand that were injured in a elevator car crash Sunday night.
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"Morgan is doing well after his surgery last nighttime to reconnect nerves and repair scathe in his left arm and hand," his interpreter, Donna Lee, said in a program line Tuesday.
"The surgery last night lasted four-spot and a half hours. He's visiting with family this daybreak. As of this dayspring he's up and walking around and looking forward to his release in a few days."
Freeman was airlifted to the Regional Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn., where he was in serious condition later his elevator car veered off the route, Ben Williams, Mississippi Highway patrol police sergeant, told ABC News Monday.
"Mr. Freeman was involved in an accident around 11:30 p.m. yesterday. The vehicle was travelling eastbound on Mississippi Highway 32 in Tallahatchie County. The vehicle ran off the edge of the road and began to flip various times," he said.
"The doors were packed on the vehicle from the rolling and flipping," he continued. "We had to go the doors open with the jaws of life-time to take out him."
Williams noted there is no indication that drugs or alcoholic beverage were involved in the crash, adding, "it would be speculation on my behalf to say he fell asleep at the wheel."
He also said Freeman was "conscious and non disoriented" following the crash.
Freeman was driving with a female rider, Demaris Meyer, to whom the machine was registered. Williams aforementioned both Freeman and Meyer were eroding seat belts and were airlifted to the Memphis' Regional Medical Center following the crash.
In a statement Monday, Freeman's rep aforementioned: "He has a rugged arm, busted elbow and minor shoulder damage merely he is in honorable spirits. He is sledding to have surgery this afternoon or tomorrow to correct the damage. He says he'll be o.K. and is looking forwards to a full recovery."
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