Morgan Freeman is recovering from surgery in a Memphis hospital. The 71 year old actor suffered a broken arm and shoulder after a serious car crash in earlier this week.

The “Dark Knight” star was traveling through the small rural town of Ruleville at around 11:30 p.m. Sunday when a 1997 Nissan belonging to a female friend flipped several times and landed in a ditch.

State troopers said the car careened off the highway and overturned twice before landing upright in a ditch.

Clay McFerrin, editor of Sun Sentinel in Charleston, said he arrived at the accident scene after it happened.

“They had to use the Jaws of Life to extract him from the vehicle,” McFerrin said

“He was lucid, conscious. He was talking, joking with some of the rescue workers at one point,” McFerrin said.

Freeman was airlifted from the accident to the Regional Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn.

Morgan’s rep claimed he was “in good spirits,” and expected to make a full recovery.

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