Richard Hammond pens emotional statement on 20th anniversary of near-fatal Top Gear crash: 'Frantic!'
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Richard Hammond pens emotional statement on 20th anniversary of near-fatal Top Gear crash: 'Frantic!'.
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Richard Hammond has shared a deeply personal message on Instagram to mark two decades since the high-speed crash that nearly claimed his life.The former Top Gear host, now 56, was seriously injured in September 2006 while piloting the jet-powered Vampire dragster at speeds of 320mph during filming for the BBC motoring programme.
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The accident occurred at the disused RAF Elvington airfield outside York when a front tyre burst at more than 300mph, sending the vehicle careering out of control.
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say In his own account of the incident, Mr Hammond described how he "came to an abrupt stop upside down in a Yorkshire field, convinced I was about to die".
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