Yesterday evening, we brought you the unfortunate news that Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond had been involved in a serious accident while driving a jet-powered dragster at 300 mph. Today, the Leeds General Infirmary confirmed during a press conference that Hammond suffered a “significant brain injury” in the crash. Doctors say, however, they are “reasonably optimistic” Hammond will make a “good recovery.”
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09/21, 1:15 PM
posted by:
Piablo
Hmm, maybe if he had a government mandated traction control system there wouldn’t have been a crash.
09/21, 1:17 PM
posted by:
Andre Neves
that really sucks, I hope he gets better because I liked him the most of the two on top gear
09/21, 1:18 PM
posted by:
Andre Neves
Piablo, you can’t be serious.
Does anyone know if there has been any type of footage released of this?
09/21, 1:18 PM
posted by:
Jesus
grow up Mike
09/21, 1:19 PM
posted by:
Endurancevm
Go Hamster! I hope he does get better because if he doesnt Top Gear will have to get back that stupid fat guy that was in season 1.
09/21, 1:19 PM
posted by:
Jesus
Gotta love doctors euphemisms
“good recovery” = not dead
09/21, 1:30 PM
posted by:
Saud
Damn, I liked the hamster better than clarkson & may. Hope he gets well.
09/21, 2:02 PM
posted by:
Firekyro
They are all good guys and its just terrible.
09/21, 2:25 PM
posted by:
Scott Kempton
Jesus—I’m sure that with your impeccable credentials, your translation of the doctors’ prognosis is spot-on. But how about giving them, and their patient, a break by wishing him a speedy recovery? I’m sure that’s what Jesus would do.
09/21, 2:37 PM
posted by:
The Stig
Best wishes for a speedy recovery Richard.
09/21, 2:43 PM
posted by:
5P33DY
Hamster is a legend!
Lets hope for a speedy recovery.
09/21, 2:43 PM
posted by:
Mach
Hope he has a full recovery
To the first post, how can you have traction control on a jet-powered dragster?
09/21, 2:47 PM
posted by:
Toy Yoda
Maybe traction control could exist if there were two rockets. A computer could adjust the thrust depending on whether traction was slipping on either side of the car. This would assist the driver in handling.
09/21, 2:56 PM
posted by:
Piablo
Nice Yoda.
Andre Neves – I wasn’t serious at all, but I was very sarcastic. I wish the Hamster the best recovery possible.
09/21, 3:05 PM
posted by:
Jimbo - G Mill$
Hammond was a cool guy; atleast on the show. Hope he puls through this mess.
…and i thought i was a mess during my hernia surgery
09/21, 3:10 PM
posted by:
MiracleGro
I hope he makes as full a recovery as possible,but significant brain injury doesn’t auger well for his broadcasting career. You have to feel for his wife and kids. The air ambulance that took him to hospital has raised £4000 in donations to keep their service going already
09/21, 3:19 PM
posted by:
Hyperion
Nobody deserves being locked inside a damaged brain and unable to function mentally. Poor man.
09/21, 3:41 PM
posted by:
JC Whitless
“Nobody deserves being locked inside a damaged brain and unable to function mentally”
Now lets not rush to judgement here…
I think Clarkson has been been this way for years!!
09/21, 3:41 PM
posted by:
Namir
Shoot, if only they had those camera activate speed bumps… they would have been able to slow him down.
But on a serious note, I do hope he makes a speedy recovery, Top Gear is the best car show around and Hammond is a big part of that… even though he gets his teeth whitened.
09/21, 4:01 PM
posted by:
bacalao
i hope he doesnt die like the croc hunter did
09/21, 4:32 PM
posted by:
Jason
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/uk_enl_1158860103/img/1.jpg
09/21, 4:36 PM
posted by:
BAMF
Poor guy. I’m going to miss him terribly if he doesn’t come back to the show. I hope he has a full recovery, but if nothing else, I hope, for his sake, that he is still able to drive after all of this.
09/21, 4:55 PM
posted by:
gsh
it would suck very much to lose him, worse than when the first Stig died. cant replace hamster with another one…
09/21, 5:07 PM
posted by:
1c3d0g
Damn. Whenever I hear “significant brain injury” I can only hope things will go well for him. Just hang in there, Hammond.
09/21, 5:16 PM
posted by:
Toy Yoda
I hope he does get well. He’s my favorite of the 3 Top Gear hosts.
09/21, 5:59 PM
posted by:
Renton
Very very sad. I hope he can feed himself still.
09/21, 6:17 PM
posted by:
MiracleGro
The culture behind the show was warped, Jeremy and the producers obviously encouraged more extreme segments to keep the show top of the ratings.
The irony is that most car fanatics are not interested in rocket powered cars that bear little resemblence to road cars. This would have been the segmant during which I made a cup of tea
09/21, 8:17 PM
posted by:
Hidden_Hunter
MiracleGro, I can’t stand people like you. A man is seriously injured and you deem it needed to attack the the show he was on.
09/21, 10:19 PM
posted by:
Heydn
This is pretty depressing, indeed. This bit from the BBC made me laugh, though…
“Hammond’s wife Mindy was at his bedside in the Leeds hospital and he was also visited by Top Gear co-hosts Jeremy Clarkson and James May.
Clarkson told The Sun newspaper that Hammond had smiled when Clarkson had insulted his driving skills.”
09/21, 10:30 PM
posted by:
Endurancevm
MiracleGro: The reason Top Gear was entertaining is because of all the rediculous stuff they did, if you didnt have that, then you just have Tiff Needle and Fifth Gear…which is boring and hes gay.
09/22, 2:42 AM
posted by:
John Landers
Tiff Needle is awesome. If he’s gay, that’s even better! What a character!
09/22, 4:55 AM
posted by:
Born Right The First Time
I don’t understand your problem with gay people
09/22, 7:44 AM
posted by:
JohnnyBlazE
The reason Hammy rocked is because he didn’t give a crap if his stupid American car couldn’t handle and drank fuel like nobodies business… he understood the character of the car – beauty and a beast – screw practicality and mechanical genius – we don’t need that… that’s why I love American cars too… Raw.
Course, nothing will steal Euro Fords’ places in my heart…
09/22, 9:39 AM
posted by:
Born Right The First Time
he also loved the 911 JohnnyBozo