Morgan Freeman Accident: Did Morgan Freeman get into a car accident?

On the evening of August 3, 2008, Morgan Freeman was injured in an automobile crash when his 1997 Nissan Maxima was involved in a rollover near Ruleville, Mississippi.

Freeman and his passenger, Demaris Meyer, have to be cut free from the vehicle with hydraulic tools. He was conscious after the crash and joked with a photographer at the scene.

Freeman was taken via helicopter to The Regional Medical Center hospital in Memphis. His left shoulder, arm and elbow had been broken in the accident, and he received surgery on August 5. Doctors operated on him for four hours to repair nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.

Although alcohol was not considered a factor in the crash, Meyer sued Freeman for negligence, claiming that he had been consuming alcohol, but the suit was eventually settled for an undisclosed amount. Since the incident, Freeman suffers from fibromyalgia.