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French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant in hospital
(AFP)
Updated: 2007-06-06 18:52

MONTPELLIER, France - French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant is in hospital recovering from a leg injury following a motorcycle accident in southwestern France, police said Wednesday.

The 76-year-old actor who starred opposite Brigitte Bardot in Roger Vadim's 1956 film "And God Created Woman" is suffering from a fractured shinbone and bruises.

Police said he lost control of his motorcycle on Tuesday while riding in a forest area near the town of Pont Saint Esprit and was taken to a nearby hospital by a passing motorist who stopped to assist him.

Trintignant, who ranks among France's most gifted actors, has been living in the southwestern Gard region for the past 30 years.