Academy Award winning actor Morgan Freeman was seriously injured in a car wreck in Northern Mississippi on Sunday night. He flipped his car and had to be pulled from the vehicle along with his passenger.

Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesperson Ben Williams said Freeman and a female passenger were traveling eastbound on Mississippi Highway 32 in Tallahatchie County when his vehicle went off the edge of the road. Freeman overcorrected, flipping his 1997 Nissan Maxima several times before coming to a rest.

Emergency crews extracted Freeman and his passenger from their vehicle using the jaws of life. According to Williams, they were both airlifted to the Regional Medical Center in Memphis, where Freeman was listed in serious condition Monday morning.

Freeman and his passenger are being treated at Regional Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee.

Morgan is best known for his work in Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption, The Bucket List, and currently stars in The Dark Knight.

UPDATE: Freeman is reportedly sitting up and talking yet still in serious condition according to the hospital:

Bill Luckett, Freeman’s friend and business partner, told MyFOXMemphis.com that the actor was sitting up and talking.

Officials at Regional Medical Center at Memphis — known as “The Med” — confirm Freeman was brought there last night and is a patient. Hospital Spokeswoman Kathy Stringer said Freeman is in serious condition, but did not offer further comment.

The accident took place in Ruleville, Mississippi on his way home to Charleston.

UPDATE: Demaris Myer identified as the woman in the car with Freeman.