Richard Hammond critically injured on shoot for Top Gear

**GoNz0** · 22-09-2006, 10:11 AM

yeh heres hoping he is telling us all about rolling a car at 300mph in a month or 2's time

thoughts to his family !

**nichomach** · 22-09-2006, 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by BBC

Top Gear's Richard Hammond is out of intensive care and is making "satisfactory progress", doctors say.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/n...re/5369512.stm

Touch wood, it's good news.

**Butuz** · 22-09-2006, 11:16 AM

Thats very good news to be out of intensive after such a short time. Way to go hamster!!!

Butuz

**dangel** · 22-09-2006, 11:43 AM

Yay!

**MadduckUK** · 22-09-2006, 11:44 AM

fantastic news. the fundraising has also blitzed the target and still going strong

**Ben_** · 22-09-2006, 12:11 PM

'Top Gear' presenters deliver Hammond update
Friday, September 22 2006, 10:59 BST - by Ben Rawson-Jones

Richard Hammond's fellow Top Gear presenters have reported their findings following several hours at his bedside yesterday, revealing that their critically ill colleague managed to smile at their jokes.

Speaking to The Sun, Jeremy Clarkson admitted that he "was being nice to him for a change" but without any initial response from Hammond. "He probably thought ‘that sounds like Clarkson but it can’t be - he’s saying nice things'.

"He was lying peacefully with a black eye but didn’t react so I tried something else. I said: ‘The reason you’re here is because you’re a crap driver’. He then smiled at me. It was an amazing moment, very moving."

Meanwhile, Hammond's Top Gear sidekick James May told The Daily Telegraph that the doctors are "reasonably confident of a recovery".

"His eye is a bit bashed in but I was very pleased to hear the doctors say he hadn't got any damage to the lens or the retina and that his sight will be OK."

"I was chuffed to see him and although he's muttering, he seems much like the irritating little **** I know and love," joked May. "Even when he can't say much, he seemed to make as much sense as he does when he can talk normally."

Hammond remains in a 'serious, but stable' condition at Leeds General Infirmary following a high-speed car crash on Wednesday while filming scenes for the popular BBC show.

**steve threlfall** · 22-09-2006, 12:17 PM

Sounds promising. Lets hope he makes a full recovery.

**chuckskull** · 22-09-2006, 01:44 PM

Looks like things are on the up for him, can only be good news.

**J4MES** · 22-09-2006, 01:49 PM

donations now > £37k!

**chuckskull** · 22-09-2006, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by J4MES

donations now > £37k!

People are going to be asking him to come crash to raise money for their air ambulance soon

**dave87** · 22-09-2006, 01:57 PM

£47k if you add the tax reclaimed (28%) through Gift Aid

**J4MES** · 22-09-2006, 02:00 PM

you joke, but the ethics of the yorkshire service getting so much will be called into question before long...

**chuckskull** · 22-09-2006, 02:02 PM

It shows how underfunded these helicopters are, after all this fund raising it's barely two weeks of a flights.

**dave87** · 22-09-2006, 03:22 PM

That and it is maintainence costs that they have to pay for - apparently it costs £500 for each hour it is in the air, in maintainence alone (that was for the police helicopter, but the principle is the same)

Dave

**J4MES** · 22-09-2006, 04:29 PM

Top Gear's James May says he is convinced his fellow presenter Richard Hammond is "perfectly intact" after a conversation at his hospital bedside.

**leeglf** · 22-09-2006, 04:48 PM

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