Richard Hammond nearly died in a car accident

In the past weekend, incidents with a life risk pursued celebrations! In addition to the surname Jennifer Lawrence, who almost fell victim to the crash of the plane, on June 10 in the western crime bulletin there appears the name of the ex-leading popular TV show about the auto Top Gear of Richard Hammond, who nearly lost his life in a car crash.

Accident in the Swiss Alps

A terrible accident occurred with the 47-year-old English TV host Richard Hammond last Saturday in Switzerland during the filming of the next issue of the transfer of The Grand Tour, in which he starred along with Jeremy Clarkson and James May.

Hammond, sitting behind the wheel of a white electric car, worth 2 million pounds sterling, at a speed of 120 miles per hour failed to manage and flew off the road to the sidelines. The car turned over and caught fire.

Supercar Rimac Concept One with Richard Hammond behind the wheel

According to eyewitnesses, in the eyes of whom the incident occurred, they were sure that the artist died, when suddenly from the glow of the fire appeared the figure of the victim, who managed to crawl out from under the car before the fire.

It is noteworthy that on the scene of the accident a crowd of onlookers immediately appeared, whom Hammond in a shock state personally drove away from the flaming vehicle.

Photo from the accident site
The burnt out vehicle of Richard Hammond

Rumors of death

Before the doctors could take Richard to a hospital in St. Gallen, where he found out that he had a knee fracture after the examination, both in the press and the network, there appeared mournful information about his death. To stop speculation on this subject, on Sunday Hammond published his photos from the hospital ward on his Twitter.

In the post, the showman thanked the doctors for the "new knee", and colleague James May - for a magic bottle with gin, which helped him to recover.

Richard Hammond demonstrates an x-ray of his knee

Also, Hammond apologized to his wife Amanda and the daughters Isabella and Willow for having, although not intentionally, greatly frightened them.

Richard Hammond apologized to the family, assuring that he was an "idiot"
Richard Hammond with his family last month
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The cause of the accident is not yet known, an investigation is being conducted.