Hackman treated after bicycle shunt

Gene Hackman was briefly treated in hospital after a lorry bumped him from behind while he was riding a bicycle in the Florida Keys.

Hackman’s publicist Susan Madore said the 81-year-old was airlifted to a Miami hospital.

She characterised his injuries as minor bumps and bruises. She said he was released from the hospital several hours later after routine tests.

The Florida Highway Patrol reports that Hackman was riding on an Islamorada street when the vehicle hit the back of his bicycle, throwing him onto the grassy shoulder. No charges were immediately reported.

Hackman won an Academy Award for The French Connection in 1971 and another for Unforgiven in 1992. He received Oscar nominations for three other films.