Top Gear dude in Crash

[Calaen]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/5365676.stm

 

[leggy]

Just read this. I hope he's ok. Top gear wouldn't be the same without the three amigos.

 

[TdC]

hope the guy makes it

 

[nath]

I guess it's a bit of a Steve Irwin situation in that it had to happen sooner or later. Hope he's ok :\

 

[cHodAX]

Great bloke, really hope he is gonna be ok.

 

[JBP|]

Shocking news, I hope he gets well soon.

 

[Ch3tan]

Hope he pulls through. (and with all his pearly whites intact)

 

[Trem]

He must be one of the most popular people on tv.

I truly hope he gets better soon, my stomach turned when I heard this news

 

[ECA]

I hope he pulls through, because then we get to watch it on TV.

 

[Furr]

ops i posted this in petrol heads aswell.. ut yeh bummer

 

[Sockstuff]

Poor bloke. Hope he gets well to tellt he tale this autum on BBC2's Top Gear show.

 

[Mofo8]

Why couldn't it be Clarkson?

 

[Tom]

Why couldn't it be Clarkson?

Because he was bumming your mum.



Hope Hammond gets well soon, the programme wouldn't be the same without him. Legions of women will be crossing their fingers tonight

 

[Tom]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1234566,00.html

Richard Hammond, one of the presenters of TV's Top Gear, is in critical condition following a car crash.

Mr Hammond was hurt while filming an edition of the show near Leeds.

He was reportedly trying to set a new land speed record for Britain in a jet-powered Vampire car when it overturned.

Mr Hammond was said to have been reaching speeds of up to 280mph as the accident happened.

He was taken to Leeds General Infirmary.

Firefighter Dave Ogden, who witnessed the crash, told Sky News that the 36-year-old presenter was able to speak as he was taken out of the wreckage of the car.

Inspector Mike Thompson, of North Yorkshire Police, said officers were dealing with the incident at Elvington airfield, southeast of York, where the filming was taking place.

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."

A spokeswoman for the BBC, which produces Top Gear, said: "The incident happened quite recently and the focus of our attention is on Richard at this stage."

Mr Hammond, who lives near Cheltenham with his wife Amanda and their two daughters, has also presented Sky's Brainiac and shows including Time Commanders and Petrolheads.

also:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolavconsole/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_5360000/newsid_5365700/bb_wm_5365730.stm

 

[Tom]

http://www.thule.co.uk/partners/blsr.asp

Thats apparently what he was driving.

 

[old.user4556]

Bad news.

I pray for a speedy recovery.

 

[Zill]

God please not Hammond. He is one of my favourite presenters on TV and makes Top Gear unmissable. Don't let him be our Steve Irwin.

/me prays

 

[Zill]

BBC.co.uk say his condiction is now "stable".

 

[Rubber Bullets]

Thank god for that, the news does now look much better than at first. The initial reports had looked very grim. Top Gear could never have been the same without him.

RB

 

[Tom]

Stable doesn't mean hes any better. He may still be critical.

 

[Rubber Bullets]

Whether his condition has changed at all is moot, the fact that the hospital is now willing to describe his condition as stable rather than critical is indeed good news. It is all about public perception and expectation.

I also was referring to the expanded article first linked to which now mentions that he was displaying some level of consciousness and communication when the first person got to him, again this is good news.

There are no guarantees of course, and he may well have a way to go before he is out of the woods, but overall I am more optimistic than I was a couple of hours ago.

I have seen too many people die from injuries sustained in car accidents to not be pessimistic at least to start with.

RB

 

[Mofo8]

Because he was bumming your mum.

Only in one of your many Jeremy Clarkson centered sordid wank fantasies Tom (usually only involving you, Clarkson and a car).

I was simply expressing my wish that it had been Clarkson instead of Hammond.... a bit like wishing Mark Chapman had shot Paul McCartney.

 

[JingleBells]

Get well soon Hamster

 

[Trem]

I was simply expressing my wish that it had been Clarkson instead of Hammond.... a bit like wishing Mark Chapman had shot Paul McCartney.

Wow I actually agree with something Mofo8 has said

YOU LEAVE MY JEREMY OUT OF THIS THOUGH!!

 

[bigbb]

Get well soon Hamster

Seconded.

 

[Bodhi]

This is awful news. Top Gear wouldn't be the same without him, hope he pulls through.

Get well soon Hamster.

 

[Whipped]

I wonder what state the Jet Car was in and how pissed the owners will be if he pulls through.

 

[Litmus]

I wonder what state the Jet Car was in and how pissed the owners will be if he pulls through.

i would think that would be the last thing on there mind?

 

[Chilly]

I wonder what state the Jet Car was in and how pissed the owners will be if he pulls through.

Insurance?

 

[dysfunction]

Really sad to see he is badly injured...

There has been no real news about him lately.

My guess is he will be alive but he wont be 100%....I reckon he wont be able to recover fully....