Former Top Gear host Richard Hammond was airlifted to hospital after his car crashed and burst into flames while filming The Grand Tour.
The incident took place in Switzerland where the TV presenter, 47, was driving an electric super car, and his colleague Jeremy Clarkson described it as “the biggest crash I’ve ever seen and the most frightening”.
Richard escaped the crash, which left the vehicle on its roof and scorched, with no serious injuries.
A spokesman for The Grand Tour said: “Richard Hammond was involved in a serious crash after completing the Hemburg Hill Climb in Switzerland in a Rimac Concept One, an electric super car built in Croatia, during filming for The Grand Tour Season 2 on Amazon Prime, but very fortunately suffered no serious injury.
“Richard was conscious and talking, and climbed out of the car himself before the vehicle burst into flames.
“He was flown by Air Ambulance to hospital in St Gallen to be checked over, revealing a fracture to his knee.
“Nobody else was in the car or involved in the accident, and we’d like to thank the paramedics on site for their swift response.
“The cause of the crash is unknown and is being investigated.”
It was the biggest crash I've ever seen and the most frightening but incredibly, and thankfully, Richard seems to be mostly OK.
— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) June 10, 2017
It comes 11 years after Richard suffered life-threatening head injuries following a high-speed crash as he filmed for BBC’s Top Gear in 2006.The presenter was in a coma for two weeks following the 288mph accident, but made a full recovery.In March this year, Richard assured fans he was fine after falling off a motorbike “many times” while filming for The Grand Tour.He was in a remote part of Mozambique in east Africa shooting the programme when the accident occurred, according to The Sun.
