Morgan Freeman has been released from a Tennessee hospital - just days after he was involved in a serious weekend car crash.

Freeman and a female passenger had to be cut free from the wreckage and airlifted to the Regional Medical Center (The Med) in Memphis, Tennessee on Sunday night, after the actor lost control of his vehicle on the highway near his home in Charleston, Mississippi.

Kathy Stringer, a spokeswoman for The Med, said Freeman was discharged on Thursday after undergoing surgery, but gave no further details.

The 71-year-old Oscar winner was said to be “in good spirits” on Monday when he arrived at the hospital before his surgery took place, repairing a broken arm, broken elbow and shoulder damage.

He will be required to wear a neck brace for six to eight months, according to his attorney and business partner Bull Luckett.

Luckett adds: “The doctors have said it will be six months to a year before he plays golf again. He hates that.”

Freeman’s passenger, Demaris Meyer - whose relationship to the actor is unknown - has reportedly suffered only minor injuries in the accident.

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ET confirms Morgan Freeman has been released from the Memphis hospital where he was airlifted Sunday night following a serious car accident in Mississippi.

“I left the hospital today just after 12 noon, Memphis time,” Freeman tells ET exclusively. “I’m doing very well. I feel real good. I just really, I thank the staff at Elvis Presley [medical facility] and many, many thanks to my many well-wishers. It’s great to know people care about you.”

‘The Dark Knight’ actor underwent surgery on Monday to reconnect nerves and to repair damage to his left arm and hand.

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Days after he was involved in a serious car accident, a friend of “Dark Knight” star Morgan Freeman confirmed to Access Hollywood that the actor is getting a divorce.

Freeman and his wife of 24-years, costumer Myrna Colley-Lee, “are involved in a divorce action,” the actor’s Mississippi-based attorney and business partner Bill Luckett told Access Hollywood. “And for legal and practical purposes, (Freeman and Colley-Lee) have been separated since December of 2007.”

Freeman was involved in an accident late Sunday night, during which the car he was driving flipped end-over-end. The actor and his female passenger, identified as Demaris Meyer, were driving on Mississippi Highway 32 in a rural area of Tallahatchie County at 11:30 p.m. on Sunday evening, when Freeman’s car went off the right side of the road and flipped over.

Freeman and Meyer, who has been described as the actor’s friend, were on the way to Freeman’s home when the accident occurred.

The doors were jammed on the vehicle and both of them had to be removed from the car with the Jaws of Life, a spokesperson for the Mississippi Highway Patrol confirmed to Access.

Though the accident was serious, Freeman was conscious as he was pulled him from the car, according to Clay McFerrin, editor of the Sun Sentinel in Charleston, who was on the scene of the accident.

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

Freeman and Meyer were airlifted to Regional Medical Center in Memphis, where the actor underwent surgery after suffering a broken arm, broken elbow and minor shoulder damage in the crash.

The accident is currently under investigation, but no alcohol was involved, Mississippi Highway Patrol told Access. The spokesperson went on to say that no charges have been filed against Freeman.

Freeman won an Oscar for his work in 2004’s “Million Dollar Baby.”

The veteran actor owns a home in Charleston, Miss, and is also a co-owner of a blues club and a restaurant in Clarksdale, Miss., which is near where the accident took place.

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A rep for Oscar winner Morgan Freeman is speaking out about his Sunday night car accident.

Morgan and his rep thank everyone for their good wishes and prayers, and the rep also tells ET, “Morgan has a broken arm, elbow and has minor shoulder damage but was in good spirits when I spoke with him a short time ago at the Elvis Presley Memorial Trauma Center at The MED, a Level 1 Trauma Center at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. He is having a little bit of surgery this afternoon or tomorrow to help correct the damage. He says he’ll be okay and is looking forward to a full recovery.”

While Morgan’s rep requests that no one send the actor flowers or gifts, anyone who would like to send him well wishes can do so at the following address: P.O. Box 16548, Encino, CA 91416, in care of Morgan Freeman. People can also leave a comment for Morgan on his blog at http://www.planitnow.org/morgan/.

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TMZ has learned that Academy Award winning actor Morgan Freeman, 71, has been injured in a serious car accident in Mississippi.

Cops tell us the “Dark Knight” star was in a one car accident around 11:30 PM last night north of the small town of Ruleville. He was airlifted from the accident scene to a hospital in Memphis, Tenn. We’re told alcohol is not suspected as a factor in the wreck, news of which was first reported by MediaTakeout.

A spokesperson at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis told us Morgan Freeman’s condition is “serious” after he was injured in a car accident last night.

The condition of an unidentified woman in the car with the actor is still not known.

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UPDATE:  Was Morgan asleep at the wheel?

Morgan Freeman may have fallen asleep at the wheel last night right before his bad car wreck.

The actor was driving on Highway 32 in Tallahatchie County when he apparently lost control, flipping his car several times.

WHBQ in Memphis is reporting Freeman was on his way home to Charleston when the smash-up happened. Bill Luckett, Freeman’s friend and co-owner of Freeman’s restaurant Madidi, said his buddy was sitting up and talking at the hospital.

One source tells TMZ that Freeman has broken several ribs and injured his knee. His female passenger, we’re told, had to be cut out of the car using the Jaws of Life. A source says she’s suffering from bumps and bruises, but is in “all in all in good condition.”

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