‘Harry Potter’ Star In Intensive Care Following Head-On Car Crash
 

‘Harry Potter’ Star Jim Tavare In Intensive Care Following Head-On Car Crash

He suffered a broken neck and punctured lung.

Huffington Post, 10 March 2017.


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Jim Tavare is in intensive care after he was involved in a head-on car crash in Los Angeles.

The 54-year-old, who played Tom the Innkeeper in ‘Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban’, suffered a broken neck and a punctured lung in the crash.He also has 15 broken ribs, breaks in his right leg and fractured breastbones.


His wife Laura took to Facebook to share a photo of her husband in a hospital bed and asked fans to “hold good thoughts” for him.


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“This is Laura here,” she wrote. “Now that his family have been informed, Jim has asked me to let you all know that he was involved in a serious car accident yesterday, a head-on collision,” she wrote.

“He’s currently in ICU intensive care. He has 15 broken ribs, fractures in both breastbones, a punctured lung, multiple breaks in his right leg, and a broken neck.

“He’s had two blood transfusions so far and is about to go in for his first surgery. This is for real, not a movie role. Please hold some good thoughts for him as he fights his way out of this.”

Fellow entertainers took to Twitter to wish him a speedy recovery...

The Essex-born actor, who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, also co-wrote and starred in the Bafta-winning ITV series ‘The Sketch Show’. ‘Harry Potter’: Where Are They Now?