The state highway patrol said Gene Hackman was hit by a car while riding his bicycle in Islamorada, Florida, on Friday.

The Oscar winner was riding his bike in the Florida Keys when he was struck from behind by a vehicle, according to authorities. The reason for the car’s collision with the actor, which occurred about 3 p.m. yesterday afternoon, is unknown. The incident is currently being investigated by accident investigators.

The 81-year-old actor “suffered bumps and bruises after a woman bumped him from behind in her vehicle,” according to Hackman’s agent, but he is “fine” and has since been released from the hospital.

Because he was on an island at the time of the mishap, his spokesman also informed E! News that the Oscar winner was evacuated to the hospital “for routine tests”

“Gene was airlifted (because he is on an island) to the hospital for routine tests,” his spokesman stated. “Everything is fine and Gene is on his way home now with a few bumps and bruises.”

Hackman began his acting career in 1956 at the Pasadena Playhouse. Since then, he’s starred in films including Bonnie and Clyde (1967), French Connection (1971), and Mississippi Burning (1988).

Hackman, who turns 82 this month, last starred in a big motion picture in 2004, when he co-starred in the comedy “Welcome to Mooseport” alongside Ray Romano.

In 1992, he received an Oscar for best supporting actor for “Unforgiven” and in 1972, he got an Academy Award for best actor for “The French Connection”

He married Faye Maltese in 1956.

Before separating in 1986 after 30 years of marriage, they had three children: Christopher, Elizabeth, and Leslie Anne.