"TOP GEAR presenter Richard Hammond was injured in an accident while filming an edition of the programme, the BBC said last night. Police said his jet car overturned, trappping him.
Hammond was flown to Leeds General Infirmary, where he was in a critical condition, a hospital spokesman said.
Hammond, who often drives high-performance cars as part of presenting the show, was using an airfield near York.
The BBC said, "The incident happened quite recently and the focus of our attention is on Richard at this stage."
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"It is understood that Hammond, 36, had just broken the British land speed record of 300.3mph and was in the process of slowing down the jet-powered Vampire vehicle, with the aid of a parachute, when it overturned. He had to be cut from the wreckage. He was airlifted from the disused Elvington airfield in North Yorkshire to Leeds General Infirmary, which has a specialist neurological unit.
Dave Ogden, a firemen involved in the rescue, said that the presenter had been wearing a helmet and fireproof racing suit. He said that Hammond was “able to talk to us for a small period” while being cut from the car, despite being in “quite a lot of distress”.
(http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22749-2368037,00.html)
Man, I love this guy The Hamster rules!
Hope he pulls through it, he's got a wife and two girls and everything. :neutral::cry::cry:
Hammond was flown to Leeds General Infirmary, where he was in a critical condition, a hospital spokesman said.
Hammond, who often drives high-performance cars as part of presenting the show, was using an airfield near York.
The BBC said, "The incident happened quite recently and the focus of our attention is on Richard at this stage."
(http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/)
"It is understood that Hammond, 36, had just broken the British land speed record of 300.3mph and was in the process of slowing down the jet-powered Vampire vehicle, with the aid of a parachute, when it overturned. He had to be cut from the wreckage. He was airlifted from the disused Elvington airfield in North Yorkshire to Leeds General Infirmary, which has a specialist neurological unit.
Dave Ogden, a firemen involved in the rescue, said that the presenter had been wearing a helmet and fireproof racing suit. He said that Hammond was “able to talk to us for a small period” while being cut from the car, despite being in “quite a lot of distress”.
(http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22749-2368037,00.html)
Man, I love this guy The Hamster rules!
Hope he pulls through it, he's got a wife and two girls and everything. :neutral::cry::cry: