Richard Hammond of Top Gear fame was in critical condition today following a massive accident in Britain. He was driving a jet-powered “Vampire” when the vehicle overturned at up to 280 mph. Inspector Mike Thompson, of North Yorkshire Police, 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.”
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09/20, 6:07 PM
posted by:
Mike_Rundle
Damn that’s awful. Hope he jets back to the show soon…..
09/20, 6:08 PM
posted by:
Jesus
Oh dear I’d better go to Yorkshire
09/20, 6:14 PM
posted by:
kafkef
hope he gets well soon
09/20, 6:30 PM
posted by:
eam3
Come on Hamster, we’re all praying for you, brother! If you can survive Clarkson’s endless jibber-jabber, you can survive this.
09/20, 6:36 PM
posted by:
BAMF
Wow I’m really sorry to hear this. =( My prayers are with you, Hamster.
09/20, 7:02 PM
posted by:
gsh
that sucks…maybe it was a piece for the up coming top gear season. seriously, hamster is the worst host to lose on top gear.
09/20, 7:06 PM
posted by:
A non E Moose
I bet it wont take long for the video to show up on YouTube or some other sight. What a shame. Hopefully he was wearing protective gear, and will pull through.
09/20, 7:09 PM
posted by:
RustedEmpire
ouch
09/20, 7:10 PM
posted by:
James
I just checked CarTV and they didn’t have any video up, but I expect it to show up quickly. I hope he pulls thru this. I hear hear he has a young family also.
James
09/20, 7:15 PM
posted by:
James
Anyone know the best site to watch his condition?
09/20, 7:25 PM
posted by:
Stuart
Hope he gets well soon
09/20, 7:32 PM
posted by:
bacalao
hold on man you can make it
09/20, 7:44 PM
posted by:
interphase
He’s been confirmed as stable now by the hospital. Apparently the car left the track on one of the last planned runs and flipped into the grass.
09/20, 8:05 PM
posted by:
Hidden_Hunter
Hope he gets well soon, local media here states it was for the new series of top gear.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=146278
09/20, 8:07 PM
posted by:
SurferdudeCA
Dang, if he doesn’t come back to Top Gear, it will never be the same
09/20, 8:11 PM
posted by:
auto.observer
HANG IN THERE HAMPSTER!!!1!!1!!11ONEONE
09/20, 8:50 PM
posted by:
1c3d0g
Best of luck in his recovery.
09/20, 8:50 PM
posted by:
Renton
Hoping for the best.
09/20, 9:02 PM
posted by:
londor
He got hurt while filming for Top Gear. He was trying to beat the UK land speed record.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/5365676.stm
09/20, 9:35 PM
posted by:
Detroit Dude !
WOW ! We wish Richard nothing but the best and hope for a speedy recovery…..
09/20, 9:38 PM
posted by:
bacalao
i hop he doesnt die like the corocdile hunter did..
09/20, 9:46 PM
posted by:
minduza
hang on budy
09/20, 11:10 PM
posted by:
John Landers
Wow what’s with all the bad things happening this month… the world is coming to an end.
That’s it, no more news. I am not reading any more news.
Too depressing.
09/20, 11:21 PM
posted by:
Phileas Fogg
Yes please hang on Hammond! My prayers go out to you!
09/20, 11:44 PM
posted by:
Veda
While this is a truly unfortunate incident, I believe we all have to accept the risks that come with driving at 280mph. If he was going at 70 and bad **** happens to him, I’d be more sorry.
09/21, 2:44 AM
posted by:
anonymous
Hang in there man we all support you
09/21, 3:19 AM
posted by:
Phileas Fogg
“While this is a truly unfortunate incident, I believe we all have to accept the risks that come with driving at 280mph. If he was going at 70 and bad **** happens to him, I’d be more sorry.”
Of course there’s risks and everyone knows that, that still doesn’t stop the fact that a man was in critical condition after an accident? Sorry but you’re coming off very cold here, I mean are you saying that anyone dies in a car crash should be blamed even if it’s not their fault saying, well you should’ve flown because statistically it’s safer. A good man was hurt, I think that’s enough to be sorry for.
09/21, 5:11 AM
posted by:
acura_el2000
i feel like he will be alright! pull through man, youll drive 280mph again! I am actually pretty impressed he is not disintigrated at 280….. thats crazy, what is this venom anyway?
09/21, 5:58 AM
posted by:
Veda
Phileas, no my point being that he was not driving because he had to but he did it to prove something at the risk of his life for the sake of personal glory. There’s a difference between getting into an accident while driving normally and intentionally risking your life doing “spirited driving.” Thus my personal feeling that he had hurt himself rather than pure bad luck. In any case, I wish him speedy recovery.
09/21, 5:59 AM
posted by:
Veda
BTW Phileas, as I’ve mentioned in past postings, there’s no speed limit where I’m at so **** like what happened to Hammond happens all the time. Seeing severed body parts on the street is nothing unusual. Perhaps thus my cold mentality.
09/21, 6:20 AM
posted by:
Aston_
STFU all of you, theres a hurt man who helps host one of the best car shows we have today. Stop blaming him, his bloody hurt so just stop with the blame game.
I wish “Hamster” a speedy recovery cos we need him back.
P.S Whos gonna step in for him? The Dog?
09/21, 7:43 AM
posted by:
Jesus
je’s in the neorological unit suggesting serious brain or spinal damage
09/21, 7:49 AM
posted by:
JohnnyBlazE
He knew the risks and he did it because it is his passion – he won’t regret the attempt or his work if he survives. Go into these things in such a way: No regrets. It wasn’t irresponsible driving endangering the public so it was fine. Get well soon Hammond, so your whitened teeth shine again on screen.
09/21, 7:54 AM
posted by:
Jesus
He may be a vegetable or a quadraplegic
09/21, 10:32 AM
posted by:
1c3d0g
Jesus: that’s not a nice thing to say. I expected better than that from you.
09/21, 10:51 AM
posted by:
Jesus
whats a nice way to say vegetable?
09/21, 10:57 AM
posted by:
British_Rover
Finalgear.com is working on some kind of get well basket or something for him…
http://forum.finalgear.com/viewtopic.php?t=13909
09/21, 11:35 AM
posted by:
1c3d0g
Jesus: you know what I mean. It’s not nice to talk about things like that while the man is still recovering.
09/21, 11:56 AM
posted by:
theshadow
Hamster, hang in there man!
09/21, 1:01 PM
posted by:
Jesus
I don’t like to be the bearer of bad news, but the news out of Leeds is that he has a “Significant” brain injury
09/21, 5:17 PM
posted by:
1c3d0g
Yeah…that just sounds really really bad.
09/21, 6:00 PM
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