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Harrison Ford injured during Star Wars filming

Star Wars actor Harrison Ford has broken his ankle after an incident reportedly involving a garage door.

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Harrison Ford injured on set of new Star Wars film

Harrison Ford, posing last year at Hollywood Film Awards Gala, has been injured on Star Wars set. Credit: Reuters

Actor Harrison Ford has been taken to hospital in Oxford after hurting himself on the set of Star Wars: Episode VII, a Disney spokesman said.

The Hollywood star, reprising his role as Han Solo in a Disney reboot of the Star Wars franchise being shot at London's Pinewood Studios, is said to have hurt his ankle.

The 71-year-old was injured by the door of the Millennium Falcon spaceship, according to a report in the Hollywood Reporter.

A spokeswoman for South Central Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 4.24pm to Pinewood to reports of a 71-year-old male who had sustained an injury to his ankle from a door that had fallen."

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