Heavy rains are thought to be the cause of the crash that seriously injured actor Morgan Freeman shortly before midnight in rural Mississippi on Sunday.

The 71-year-old actor was unconscious after the car that he was driving, along with passenger Demaris Meyer of Memphis, flipped over and crashed into a ditch.

Freeman was airlifted to the Regional Medical Centre in Memphis, Tennessee, where his condition was described as serious”.

According to Bill Luckett, a business partner of Freeman’s in the Ground Zero Blues Club chain, the actor needed surgery and could need three to four months to recover.

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