Rep: Gene Hackman ‘Fine,’ ‘On His Way Home’ Following Accident
First Published: January 13, 2012 6:11 PM EST Credit: Getty Images
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- 
Caption Gene Hackman attends the Next House ESPN The Magazine party in Jacksonville, Fla., on February 4, 2005 Gene Hackman is all right after being hit by a car while riding a motorcycle in Key West, Fla., his rep tells Access Hollywood.
“He is fine, he is on his way home,” a rep for Hackman told Access on Friday, adding that the actor suffered only bumps and bruises.
On Friday afternoon, TMZ reported that the Academy Award-winning star, 81, had been airlifted to a Florida trauma hospital with “serious injuries to his head and body” following the collision.
The accident reportedly took place at approximately 3 PM local time, according to the website.
No other details on the accident were immediately available.
Hackman last appeared on the big screen in the 2004 comedy “Welcome to Mooseport.”
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