The wreck occurred around 11:30 Sunday night, just north of Ruleville, Miss. in rural Tallahatchie County. The site of the accident is located about 90 miles south of Memphis.

Freeman was airlifted from the crash scene to the Regional Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn. A spokesprson for the hospital said the actor suffered a broken arm and some other injuries, but is expected to fully recover.

A woman in the car with Freeman, Demaris Meyer, 48, of Memphis, was also injured in the one-car crash. According to police sources, both she and Freeman were conscious when help arrived.

Freeman, 71, was driving Meyer’s 1997 Nissan Maxima eastbound on Miss. 32 at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday when the car left the road and flipped several times, said Sgt. Ben Williams of the Mississippi Highway Patrol. "He just told them he ran off the road," said Williams.

Miss. 32 is a two-lane road with very narrow shoulders where the crash occurred, and Williams said the road was slick from a rain that afternoon.

Freeman and his wife Myrna live near Charleston, Miss., on a 126-acre ranch. The actor built the ranch on land his grandparents worked, and it is also where he spent much of his childhood.

Freeman, 71, currently stars as Wayne Enterprises CEO Lucius Fox in the "Batman Begins" sequel "The Dark Knight."

Freeman won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "Million Dollar Baby" in 2005.

His other credits include such films as "The Shawshank Redemption," "Driving Miss Daisy," "Unforgiven" and "Street Smart," which earned the actor his first Oscar nomination.

While he's best known for his movie roles, Freeman has had a lengthy career in television. He appeared in the PBS series "The Electric Company' from 1971-1977. He made several appearances on the daytime soaps "Ryan's Hope" and "Another World" and played Frederick Douglass in the 2003 miniseries "Freedom: The History Of Us." He is also a frequent narrator for television documentaries. He recently finished work on the upcoming special "For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots."