RICHARD HAMMOND IN ACCIDENT - BRAIN INJURY *CONFIRMED*
 

Richard Hammond has had a serious crash in a Jet powered car! watch the news! hes in leeds hosiptal. He was filming for topgear. Lets all hope hes ok :cry: News is developing now as its just come on TV.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/n...re/5365676.stm

better link provided by Jabba

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...234566,00.html

Shit, thanks for breaking the news, and lets hope his OK...

Anyone know anymore... ??? Please post further information here !!

*** YEP ITS TRUE AND SERIOUS ***

:cry: I AM SURE THAT WILL BE THE END OF TOP GEAR :cry:


http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...234566,00.html

OMG this is serious news :shock: :cry:

Article said he could speak when he got out, at least thats some good news :!:

I feel deeply gutted as if its one of my friends. I really hope he fully recovers, and gets the best health he can get. Lets all hope and pray.

damn...that's sad to hear. I hope he'll recover soon

omg, i hope he recovers fully and soon !!

I guess this is what you get when you deform so much a CAR show...

:? Hope he's alright and can drive again soon - He was great

He was always doing the dangerous features in Top Gear. I hope he recorvers soon.

/\/\ He still is BLinkmeat, don't make it sound as if he's already dead please :cry:

oh man, this is terrible

http://serv2.imagehigh.com/imgss/396...vamp300.th.jpg http://www.thule.co.uk/partners/images/BLSR2.jpg
this "vampire car" ought to be limited to owner drivers taking the risk...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/821539.stm <- story on the car in question


Best wishes from JW for a speedy recovery Richard!

IMO it was just a question of time before something like this happend, they kept on pushing, pushing and pushing, and now this is just what the media has been waiting for, so they can cut Clarkson and the BBC to shreds.

Ohh man!!! Really bad news!!!

I really hope he will be ok :?

Even so, where I don't think he should've been driving that car to begin with, he knew the risks... no different then my great grandfathers' friends who died racing.

although, I'm afraid your going to end up being right

thats very sad, I hope he has a full recovery from this :(

Those are very bad news

i hope nothing bad happens, i really felt bad when i read the article

That's a shock ! :( Very sad, I hope news will get better soon.

Wow. What a shock.

this is terrible news lets hope he makes a recovery he is such a brilliant tv presenter and person my thoughts are with his friends and family.

GET WELL SOON HAMSTER!

get well soon.
hope this doesn't effect the show.
wounder what JC has to say about this.

I hope he makes a full and swift recovery. :?

damn sad news ... :( :(

Get well soon, all your fans need you! :(

like Nth said
this "vampire car" ought to be limited to owner drivers taking the risk...

I just heard on the TV!

Christ - quite a shock. 0X

It is sounding pretty damn serious at the moment. Fingers crossed

just watched the news on this and it seems very seriosu and he remains in critical condition.

i sure hope he pulls through,fingers crossed for the hamster :(

hang in there hamster!

I wouldnt think so ... He just had an acciden doing a report.
Will they ban war reporting as some reporters get killed?

It's just a job, and sometimes there are accidents ...

I think it'll end with Hamster 100% and a good piece of TG fun. I'm sure he'll make a good story out of it.

Just got some new info:

According to ITV news when the parachute deployed to slow him down, the car swerved off tothe right, then overturned. It took 10minutes to cut him free. He was uncontious but came contious during the time when they was cutting him out. Hes now in hospital with his family around him and Topgear representitives. Its believe he did break the record he was attempting for topgear.

oh man this is sad...TG will not be the same without hammond. I hope he recovers.

Heard about this a few hours ago, shocking news.

This is what happens when you find the edge of the envelope, yet I hoped it would never happen.

I fear this is the end for TG now. Heatlth and safety will put an end to entertaining programming once and for all.

Seems strange he is currently just down the road from me. Literally. Leeds hospital is very near the university.

I wish him all the best.

Like stated before, its not a huge surprise as these guys often placed themselves in danger's way. Ive seen numerous drag racing crashes at 250+ mph and the driver was okay, I just hope this car is built to the same standards.

I sincerely hope he is going to be okay and I feel somewhat selfish in wishing him to return to Top Gear or even thinking of the show, but I cant imagine the show without his presence.

Best wishes!

I thought exactly the same as Jabba, that this will signal the end of TG if it had not been coming already.

The reporter for the BBC said that their thoughts 'at this time' were for Richard as if they are going to investigate, and we all know what the result of that will be. :roll:

Get well Hammond

I know in drag racing that the chute has to be perfectly allined with the center of the car, otherwise this would happen with many/ever car slowing from these speeds.

it makes me wonder if the chute was packed poorly, or a gust of wind took it with it...

sad news.

Real bad news thoughts with him and family.

I think topgear have really pushed it this time.

Don't know jack about drag racers but that car does not look the safest stable thing on planet does it :| :(

Wars are not "entertainment" Top Gear is, the difference is TG doesn't need to be done, and can be cancelled, Wars cant be cancelled and need to be reported on.

There was another entertainment show years ago made by the BBC, where someone got killed during a stung going wrong, that was cancelled and never aired again, and it was a BBC1 prime time show with massive ratings.

I get the feeling that TG was running out of steam anyway, and there were so many complaints about it, that this will be the perfect excuse to kill it off now :(

He's gonna be alright and TG will be running!

Tom get there to him in the hospital(I'd do that) and tell him to recover or a russian guy will come and kick his ass 8)

Somebody gotta go there from JW! Get him flowers, bobons.. waterever (and maybe JW Tshirt) I pay it all if needed!!!

Hope he recovers just fine, he's a cool bloke.

Medical staff have now changed his critical status to stable. Looks like hes on the mend guys :)
Lets just hope its stays that way and we should be watching him host season 9 of topgear before too long :)

I imagine visiting will be strictly limited to family and friends but il look into the situation of leaving messages and report back.

its just few blocks from you you said... try to sneak in tell them you are a brother or anything.
Try atleast... for me :wink: As I said I'll send you money for flowers and stuff.

Daggernite has beaten me to it, but it looks like he is now in a stable condition. Good news.

Just heard from BBC News 24 looking at tommorrows papers that the Sun reports onlookers said the car flipper numerous times before landing upside down on a grass verge, and that rather shockingly, the bits of the car could be "posted through a letter box"

Indeed. But the fact that a death is now not the case (hopefully, fingers still crossed). It should be easier for topgear. The thing that annoyes me is, Hammond almost/still could be in danger of losing life, because of stunt, that, personally would be part of that show I dont take much intrest in. I like production car news, tests and so on. These little side shows like the F1 car, indoor speed record and other stunts of this nature dont intrest me.

Sad news indeed, I hope he makes a full recovery.

With that said, there is a reason the NHRA and such require special licenses. You don't get to just hop into one of these things and go for it. Doesn't matter how much experience you have with other cars, 300mph in a matter of seconds is no joke!

On BBC world, it says that he is suffering head injuries. not a good sign!!

I hope no brain damage, that can be one of the worst things :shock:

Okay. At least his condition is stable. Hope he gets better soon.

Poor guy, but it looks like he's getting better.