'Dad is OK, battered, but OK': Harrison Ford's son confirms the actor, 72, is recovering in hospital from a 'serious head wound' after crashing his vintage plane onto an LA golf course
Actor Harrison Ford has been hospitalized after crashing his vintage plane onto a Venice, California golf course when his engine failed Thursday afternoon.
Witnesses say the 72-year-old actor was bleeding profusely from his face when rescuers arrived at the crash scene on Penmar golf course around 2:20pm.
The actor was alert and conscious when firefighters pulled him from the World War II-era plane and onto a stretcher bound for UCLA trauma center. Ford, who has been flying since the 1960s, was the only person in the plane.
Ford's son Ben tweeted around 5pm PT that his father was recovering at the hospital.
'At the hospital. Dad is ok. Battered, but ok! He is every bit the man you would think he is. He is an incredibly strong man,' Ben Ford wrote. 'Thank you all for your thoughts and good vibes for my dad.'
It was initially reported that the actor was in critical condition, but that was later downgraded to fair to moderate condition. Reports say Ford suffered lacerations to his head and possible fractures.
'There was blood all over his face. ... Two very fine doctors were treating him, taking good care of him. I helped put a blanket under his hip,' golf course employee Howard Tabe told .