Richard Hammond Escapes Serious Injury After Huge Crash In Switzerland
Richard Hammond has escaped serious injury after being been involved in a huge car accident while filming for The Grand Tour in Switzerland.
He has been taken to a hospital via helicopter after the incident St. Gallen, which saw the Rimac Concept One he was driving flip over and catch fire, according to a spokesperson for the local police force.
The Grand Tour has now released a statement regarding the accident, showing the remains of the Rimac, and confirming that - thankfully - he escaped serious injury. He has suffered a fractured knee, but nothing worse - and no one else was involved in the accident.
Hammond had been filming for The Grand Tour’s second series in the area, with the Rimac joined by a Honda NSX and a Lamborghini Aventador S. He had been taking part in the Hemburg Hill Climb at the time of the crash.
Footage of the moment Hammond lost control of the Rimac soon emerged on social media, showing the presenter hitting a barrier after appearing to lose the back end of the vehicle.
This isn’t the only time the 47-year-old has been involved in a serious accident during filming. A Top Gear shoot in 2006 ended in disaster when the Vampire jet dragster he was driving had a tyre blow out at 288mph. The crash left the presenter with severe head injuries.
Three months ago, Hammond fell off a motorbike in Mozambique, knocking himself unconscious.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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well, atleast we know he was driving the rimac in that episode, then that means jezza drives the aventador, and captain slow is in the nsx
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Seems like he carried too much speed into a corner Matt Robinson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOQL7hyFXtc
Yeah seems like the car was doing its job, and he overcooked that entry off a hill. The batteries for electric/hybrid are very prone to fire, its just the nature of the chemicals they use. Hopefully now that we know Hammond is going to be mostly unharmed, it doesn’t kill the company from bad press.
Very lucky to only sustain a fractured knee. Could’ve been much worse
That was nice Rimac
“…we’d like to thank the paramedics on site for their swift response”
Glad you’re ok how much for the wheels
CarThrottle’s notification popped up, literally a second before a friend of mine sends me a picture of the crash site on WhatsApp…
This is why you dont drive electric cars. They’re evil I swear it
So apparently he can’t go in a straight line (got bitten by a Vampire in 2006) and now it seems he can’t go around corners either (though if DriveClub is anything to go by, the brakes are gobshite anyway)