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Richard Hammond in crash in Switzerland

  • 10-06-2017 05:15PM
    #1
    bennyx_o
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,771 ✭✭✭


    Haven't seen this posted. Richard Hammond had been airlifted to hospital after ancrash in Switzerland.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/10/grand-tour-presenterrichard-hammondairlifted-hospital-crash/
    Former Top Gear star Richard Hammond has reportedly been airlifted to hospital after crashing his car in a Swiss mountain race.

    The 47-year-old suffered injuries while driving on a road closed for the Bergrennen Hemberg race, according to Swiss newspaper 20 Minuten.

    A spokesperson from the St Gallen police said the injured driver was taken to hospital by air ambulance.

    Hammond was in Switzerland filming for The Grand Tour, which he stars in alongside ex-Top Gear co-hosts Jeremy Clarkson and James May, according to Swiss media. Mr Hammond's agents have been contacted for a comment.


Comments

  • #2
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,059 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    He's alright - bar a fractured knee.
    very fortunately suffered no serious injury”.

    “Richard was conscious and talking, and climbed out of the car himself before the vehicle burst into flames,” she went on.
    :D


  • #3
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,183 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    According to Jalopnik's sources, the car was a Rimac Concept One, all-electric (like a Tesla), made by a Croatian company.

    https://twitter.com/JeremyClarkson/status/873577127043637248

    You are the type of what the age is searching for, and what it is afraid it has found. I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.

    ―Oscar Wilde predicting Social Media, in The Picture of Dorian Gray



  • #4
    Dolph Starbeam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,536 ✭✭✭Dolph Starbeam


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18oAkxwYQh0


  • #5
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,788 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    The car looks pretty awesome, I can't wait to see the reviews.


  • #6
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    was that crash staged? just seen it, not convinced


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  • #7
    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,305 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    I've watched the episode of the Grand Tour, definitely does not look staged. It's also 1/8 of those cars in existence that ended up in a melted lump.


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