Patrick Swayze broke a leg when his horse ran into a tree during filming of an escape scene in "Letters from a Killer."

"He was in some serious pain, but he was joking a little," said a movie extra, Glenn Neasham.Swayze fell off the horse Friday and broke his right leg, the movie production company said in a statement. He was taken by helicopter to a hospital.

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