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The drama continues for Morgan Freeman.

Days after he and Demaris Meyer, a family friend, were involved in a very serious car accident, Freeman's business partner says the acclaimed actor and his wife of 24 years, costume designer Myrna Colley-Lee, have split.

Mississippi-based attorney Bill Luckett tells Access Hollywood that the couple "are involved in a divorce action."

Luckett adds that "for legal and practical purposes, [Morgan Freeman and Myrna Colley-Lee] have been separated since December of 2007."

The couple met in 1976 when both were working off-Broadway. Morgan Freeman has four children from previous marriages.

The news comes as Morgan Freeman is recovering in a Memphis hospital following his accident Sunday. His rep said the actor is "doing well" after doctors reconnected nerves and repaired damage to his left arm and hand Monday.

He is expected to be released in a few days.

Academy Award winning actor Morgan Freeman, 71, has been seriously injured in a car accident in Ruleville, Mississippi.

The star was in a one car accident around 11:30 p.m. last night north of the small Southern town near where he calls home.

The vehicle in which he was traveling flipped several times. He and female passenger Demaris Meyer were rescued using the Jaws Of Life.

Morgan Freeman was airlifted from the scene of the accident to a hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Alcohol is not suspected as a factor in the wreck, but the actor may have fallen asleep at the wheel.

Freeman is in serious condition, but state troopers say he was talking at the scene before he was taken to the hospital.

We hope that Morgan Freeman, star of Se7en, Million Dollar Baby, The Shawshank Redemption, The Dark Knight and so much more, recovers fully and quickly.