{"id":38900,"date":"2017-06-12T03:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T07:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=38900"},"modified":"2019-08-28T08:31:50","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T12:31:50","slug":"richard-hammonds-latest-close-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2017\/06\/12\/richard-hammonds-latest-close-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Hammond&#8217;s latest close call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC is reporting on an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-40234865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accident involving an electric supercar<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Richard-Hammond-Rimac-Concept-One-crash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Richard-Hammond-Rimac-Concept-One-crash.jpg 660w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Richard-Hammond-Rimac-Concept-One-crash-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Richard-Hammond-Rimac-Concept-One-crash-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Former <em>Top Gear<\/em> host Richard Hammond has been flown to hospital after a crash while filming in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>The 47-year-old was on a practice run for a race in an electric car for Amazon Prime show <em>The Grand Tour<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Hammond &#8220;climbed out of the car himself before the vehicle burst into flames&#8221;, the show said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Co-host Jeremy Clarkson tweeted that it was the &#8220;most frightening&#8221; accident he had ever seen but said Mr Hammond, who fractured a knee, was &#8220;mostly OK&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The show&#8217;s statement said Mr Hammond had been involved in a &#8220;serious crash&#8221; after completing the Hemberg Hill Climb in Switzerland, where a race takes place on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>He had been driving a &#8220;Rimac Concept One, an electric super car built in Croatia, during filming for <em>The Grand Tour<\/em> Season 2 on Amazon Prime, but very fortunately suffered no serious injury&#8221;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Some video footage was released on the <a href=\"https:\/\/drivetribe.com\/p\/JGup8QHJRvmzBHEWGxQ96A?iid=Y-op6MlDRl-4CCJLjwasfg&#038;utm_campaign=gtn&#038;utm_medium=fb&#038;utm_source=network\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DriveTribe<\/a> site:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kCwBBaZ7UAE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And Hammond himself was able to speak from his hospital bed on Sunday:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PdrTn15JYgc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC is reporting on an accident involving an electric supercar: Former Top Gear host Richard Hammond has been flown to hospital after a crash while filming in Switzerland. The 47-year-old was on a practice run for a race in an electric car for Amazon Prime show The Grand Tour. 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