Doctors are hopeful Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond will make a full recovery from the injuries he sustained during a 300 mph jet car crash. Just nine days after the crash, Hammond was already walking around and out of emergency care. Neurosurgeon Stuart Ross said the next few months will be slow and difficult to get through, but with a little luck, Hammond would “be back to his old self.”
Doctors say a number of factors contributed to Hammond’s relative luck in the accident. “Mr Hammond was lucky because he was in a seven-point restraint system rather than a three-point system that most of us drivers are used to, and his helmet was strapped to restrain the head and stop the rotation.” He was also fortunate his vehicle rolled rather than hit an immovable object.
As a tragic reminded of how dangerous such accidents can be, 17-year-old Kendall Hebert was killed near Toronto yesterday when her rocket-powered dragster crashed into a concrete barrier and rolled several times.
