Hammond from top gear in accident

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Hammond from top gear in accident

Post by julian » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:23 pm

Saw this the other day...

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...234566,00.html EDIT: (since posting link has been removed, see second post)

Check the speed!!!
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Post by tim_81coupe » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:10 pm

Link didn't work for me.

His Wiki entry has info on the accident....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hammond
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Post by Subafury » Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:47 am

good to see he's alright. not another to add to the list.

i wonder if they'll show the footage
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Post by julian » Sun Sep 24, 2006 10:03 am

Video news report

http://media.smh.com.au/?rid=22081&sy=s ... 34&flash=1

Not sure if the footage is of the actual crash though...
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Post by Tigger » Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:52 am

Yea, I heard that...

I'm glad that he is doing ok... That show is a real good laugh
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Post by subanator » Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:09 pm

Seen this on tonights Topgear for Richard Hammonds recovery:
post your get wells to http://www.sbs.com.au/topgear
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Post by waggaclint » Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:39 pm

yeah i seen that they said on the news this morning that hes up and walking...so thats good news....
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Post by Suby Wan Kenobi » Tue Sep 26, 2006 12:11 am

And Talking too.
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Post by smoov » Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:27 pm

i heard he has sustained brain damage...

but i hope these rumours of him being up and about are true...

seriously.. who has bragging rights to having a car accident at 437km/h?
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Post by BRUMBERTY » Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:34 pm

smoov wrote:
seriously.. who has bragging rights to having a car accident at 437km/h?
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Post by Shauno » Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:48 pm

http://www.dragstercrash.com/

:( Tragic to watch Exclusive video!
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Post by smoov » Sat Oct 07, 2006 7:56 am

Shauno wrote:http://www.dragstercrash.com/

:( Tragic to watch Exclusive video!
Im suing you.


for my 30 seconds of wasted time back.




didn't even budge a smile. sorry.
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Post by Suby Wan Kenobi » Sat Oct 07, 2006 3:34 pm

Crap crap crap........
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Post by Lapsed » Sat Oct 07, 2006 6:10 pm

it got a laugh outta me
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Post by Shauno » Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:34 am

Wow lack of humour on these boards...
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Post by subanator » Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:38 am

Reported in recent motoring pages that Topgear is being postponed by the BBC for the coming season due to this incident. They have no sense of humour either.......
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Post by Fatz » Mon Oct 09, 2006 6:39 am

i lol'd @ video
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