Gene Hackman was airlifted to a Miami hospital earlier today after getting hit by a car while riding his bicycle in the Florida Keys. The Florida Highway Patrol tells TMZ that The Royal Tenenbaums star suffered injuries to his head and body. The cause of the accident is still under investigation, and at press time it remained unclear whether Hackman was faking his injuries as part of an elaborate plan to get back together with his estranged wife and precocious children.
But a Hackman spokesman says the 81-year-old actor is "fine" and only "suffered bumps and bruises after a woman bumped him from behind in her vehicle." We'll update as more information becomes available, but as this video demonstrates, Hackman is one skilled cyclist and probably isn't the one at fault here:
