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Harrison Ford airlifted, injured on Star Wars set

The 71-year-old Han Solo star was collided with a hydraulic door during a stunt while filming Star Wars: Episode VII

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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, England — The 71-year-old Hollywood star was at Pinewood studios in Buckinghamshire when a hydraulic door fell down and hit him as he began work on Star Wars: Episode VII.

A source on set said Ford, known around the world as Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy, collided with the metal door while he was performing a stunt for the sci-fi film.

The actor, who also played Indiana Jones, fell to the ground in agony and after medics assessed him on the M Stage at the studios close to spaceship the Millennium Falcon, he was taken by stretcher onto a helicopter for further treatment

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