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09-20-2006, 08:01 PM
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On BBC world, it says that he is suffering head injuries. not a good sign!!
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09-20-2006, 08:03 PM
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I hope no brain damage, that can be one of the worst things :shock:
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09-20-2006, 08:05 PM
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At approximately 5:45pm BST (British Summer Time) on 20 September 2006 Richard Hammond was seriously injured in a car crash while filming for Top Gear at the former RAF Elvington airfield near York. He was piloting a Jet powered "Vampire" car, capable of travelling at 370mph, in an attempt to break the UK land speed record. He was said to be travelling at 280mph at the time of the crash. He is being treated at the specialist neurological hospital Leeds General Infirmary and is currently in a serious, but stable condition.[1] BBC reports suggest that he was air-lifted from the crash scene unconscious.[1] North Yorkshire Police have said that they "received a report via the fire service of a male person trapped in an overturned jet car which had been driven on the airfield." [3][1].
Sky News reports that he was driving a Vampire rocket car powered by a Rolls Royce Orpheus Turbo-Jet Engine; the very same car that currently holds the landspeed record at 300.3mph [4]
ITV News reported that Hammond had broken the land speed record and was on a last run, filming extra scenes for Top Gear, when the accident took place. Hammond's family are with him, along with doctors and Top Gear representatives who were there when the accident took place.
Shortly after 11:30pm, Leeds General reported that Hammond's condition was "stable."
A quote from Dave Ogden from one the emergency services present at the scene of the accident, as broadcast on Sky News this evening: "He was just doing the final run of the day - I don't know quite what happened - but the parachute deployed. There was quite a lot of smoke and the car veered off to the right and on to the grass, and it overturned several times and it came to a halt a couple of hundred yards in front of us"
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09-20-2006, 09:24 PM
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Okay. At least his condition is stable. Hope he gets better soon.
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09-20-2006, 10:13 PM
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Poor guy, but it looks like he's getting better.
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09-20-2006, 11:42 PM
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09-20-2006, 11:57 PM
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Originally Posted by TopGearNL
I hope no brain damage, that can be one of the worst things :shock:
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That's my fear. Broken bones and injuries like that are nothing compared to damage to the brain.
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09-21-2006, 12:16 AM
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Good thing he moved into stable condition. I hope he has a full recovery.
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09-21-2006, 12:20 AM
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Must admit that I, in this setting, are not giving the future of TopGear any thoughts.
They are all with Mr. Hammond and his family.
Get well!
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09-21-2006, 12:39 AM
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Holy shit. . .
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09-21-2006, 01:04 AM
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Hope Hammond recovers from the accident. Top Gear will ge so different without him :cry:
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09-21-2006, 01:54 AM
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i don't see them stoping Top Gear over this. yes it is a wake up call, but he was taking a risk. as everyone who is driving @ 200mph+ is taking the same risk. He is a car nut and would do this just because of that not because he is getting paid to do it by the BBC.
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09-21-2006, 02:46 AM
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This is shocking for Hamster. 
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09-21-2006, 02:54 AM
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OMG  what a sad news
I hope he is OK
Please post further news ....
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09-21-2006, 07:02 AM
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