Richard Mark Hammond is an English journalist, television presenter, mechanic, and writer. He is best known for co-hosting the BBC Two motoring program Top Gear from 2002 until 2015 with Jeremy Clarkson and James May.
What injuries did Richard Hammond suffer?
After the front-right tire failed, the car flipped over, damaging Hammond’s eye and requiring him to be cut out with hydraulic shears. He was taken to hospital, where he was in a coma for two weeks and later suffered from post-traumatic amnesia and a five-second memory.
Is Richard Hammond in a wheelchair?
Doctors have banned the star from exercising for 18 months after he was left wheelchair-bound in the horror crash. Making his first red carpet appearance since coming off crutches at this week’s GQ Men of the Year awards the Grand Tour star said: “I can’t run for 18 months and that’s how I keep fit.
Hammond suffered a fractured knee when he crashed an electric supercar during filming for the second series of The Grand Tour in Switzerland last month. He told This Morning: “I think when the car touched down nose-first, it drove that leg up there into the knee joint and smashed the bottom bit of the knee here.3 Jul 2017.