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Looks like little Richard Hammond might be dead

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    Looks like little Richard Hammond might be dead

    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.


    Blimey, it's not all fun and games on TV's Top Gear driving Ferrari's and Zonda's

    #2
    Originally posted by DimPrawn
    Blimey, it's not all fun and games on TV's Top Gear driving Ferrari's and Zonda's
    Or blowing up caravans!

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      #3
      Hopefully he will pull through it ok.

      I wonder what tha smug arse Clarkson has to say about it all!?

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        #4
        Did it really warrant top billing on the breakfast news?
        How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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          #5
          Originally posted by Troll
          Did it really warrant top billing on the breakfast news?

          Have a heart mate !

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            #6
            He's not exactly the crocodile hunter ...
            Hang on - there is actually a place called Cheddar?? - cailin maith

            Any forum is a collection of assorted weirdos, cranks and pervs - Board Game Geek

            That will be a simply fab time to catch up for a beer. - Tay

            Have you ever seen somebody lick the chutney spoon in an Indian Restaurant and put it back ? - Cyberghoul

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              #7
              The latest is that he is critical but stable in Leeds Royal Infirmary and the doctors are saying he has improved slightly over night.

              It appears they were going for the British Land Speed Record in a jet powered car and he was doing somewhere in the region of 300mh when the accidnet happened.

              Get well soon you mad bastard.
              "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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                #8
                OK, I'll rephrase...

                I hope I never see the little sycophant on TV again.

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                  #9
                  I think BBC will find that insurance rates for their stunts will go through the roof, and possibly insurers will just refuse to cover some of the stunts, say getting to 300 mph should really assume the driver will die.

                  Top Gear is a good program though, one of the points that justify BBC Tax - hope that guy will get well soon.

                  Interesting that Clarkson (sp?) was forced (or just chickened out himself) from getting out of sinking car in a pool, they had to hire pro for that. And so they should have done in this case - presenters might be good drivers, but 300 mph is not exactly standard stuff.

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                    #10
                    What sort of training did he have to enable him to drive a car like that?

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