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21 September 2006, 06:40 AM | #1 |
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Top Gear presenter criticallly ill after crash.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/n...re/5365676.stm
"Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond is in a critical condition in hospital after a crash in a jet-powered car while filming for the programme. The presenter, 36, was taken by air ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary which has a special neurological unit. A North Yorkshire Ambulance Service spokesman said he was unconscious when they got to the scene and a hospital spokesman described him as "critical". The BBC confirmed the presenter had been injured during a Top Gear shoot. Inspector Mike Thompson, of North Yorkshire Police, said officers were dealing with the incident at Elvington airfield, a former RAF base, in North Yorkshire. He said: "At 5.45pm this evening we received a report via the fire service of a male person trapped in what was described as an overturned jet car which had been driven on the airfield. "The male occupant has received serious injuries and has been airlifted to hospital at Leeds." The presenter was born in Birmingham, educated in Yorkshire and lives near Cheltenham. In addition to presenting Top Gear for the BBC, he also fronted Brainiac on Sky One until recently. " Irwin, Brock and now this.... What an awful month... My thoughts and prayers are for Richard and his family. |
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Dang, they've pulled some stunts but this is bad. I hope he pulls through. TG is one of favourite programs.
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Latest reports on TV here are that he is in the neurological unit with very serious head injuries. He was unconscious when they got to him but he started coming around when they got him to hospital by air ambulance.
Seems he was driving a rocket powered dragster capable of 300mph when something went wrong. I think personally this was too dangerous for a TV presenter, even for those guys. I'm so sick of hearing bad news right now. |
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Very sad....
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I hope he pulls through
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That is terrible news. Hope he pulls through...but, more importantly, hope he does not have any permanent brain damage.
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Yes seen it on the news last night,this morning on TV not much about his condition.Only that his Brothers and Clarkson were at his bedside,apparenty he was doing over 300mph when accident happened on the last test of the day
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Damn, what bad luck and news. He is quite a good presenter and I enjoy his 'tifs' with JC.
Hope he's okay but serious head injuries are tough to recover from. |
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Sorry, guys, I'm lost on this one. Never heard of him or the show. But hope he pulls through OK.
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Yes very bad news. I saw it on the Daily Telegraph web site today. Let's hope he pulls through OK.
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“…..and may I remember the witness that he is still under oath?” “Did you or did you not read the article so courteously provided by my client?” “Yes” “Can you speak out louder sir, so the members of the jury can hear your answer” “YES!” “Now then, do you still insist that you never heard of the program?” “No”
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Latest report on Hammond this evening is he has a "significant brain injury" but the doctors remain "reasonably optimistic" of a good recovery.. His family and Jeremy Clarkson have been at his bedside most of the day.
Seems the rocket car veered off the track at close to 300mph, rolled several times and dug into the grass with the roll cage and his helmet buried in the ground. |
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Okay, This is black humour but...
Do you think they'll show the bit he was doing on Top Gear? |
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Ah, good news. Hammond's doing all right and has just been transferred home from the hospital.
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Yes he is making remarkable progress and now in the Bupa hospital in Bristol
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