Richard Hammond (Top Gear) in jet car crash - UPDATE - Full recovery??

Bizarre · 2006-09-20T23:39:44+00:00

Smug bastard - but he makes me laugh. Not good though BBC motoring presenter injured in crash Thursday Sep 21 06:43 AEST AP - The host of a BBC television show about automobiles was critically injured when the jet-powered car he was test driving at about 450 kph crashed, the network said. The accident occurred when Richard Hammond, 36, the host of Top Gear, was racing the car down a runway at an unused Royal Air Force air field near York city in northern England and it overturned, police and the BBC said. Hammond, who often drives high-performance cars for the show, was rushed in an air ambulance to a hospital in Leeds. The accident occurred while he was filming for a future show [ Edited on 23-10-2006 by Bizarre ]

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3,119 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 24 Oct 2006, 9:02 pm

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this article has more info;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6076018.stm

His severe injury reduced him to a "child-like state" in which he became obsessed with Lego, which he said helped him recover.

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3,029 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 28 Oct 2006, 5:13 pm

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Footage of the crash!

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=7992996179798417145

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OMG sooooo graphic.. its a wonder the authorities have'nt banned this yet.. :o

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Love the video footage 🙂

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