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Ross Pollard/BBC / In his post on Instagram, Hammond, pictured in 2023, thanked all those involved in saving him Former Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond has thanked emergency services for their help on the 20th anniversary of the crash in which he was nearly killed. Hammond was seriously injured in September 2006 when the 320mph (515km/h) jet-powered Vampire dragster he was driving veered off the track at Elvington airfield, near York, during filming for the BBC show. In an Instagram post, Hammond said he wanted to thank the members of the staff who rescued him and supported him following the accident "from the bottom of my heart". In the post, he spoke of the events of that day and said he would be "forever grateful" to all those who helped him in the aftermath of the crash. He wrote: "Twenty years ago today, I came to an abrupt stop upside down in a Yorkshire field, convinced I was about to die." He said he recalled having pulled the lever to release the car's parachute before trying to steer it away from disaster, "but disaster was, it seemed, my fate". "Having done everything I could to avert it, I gave myself over to that fate," he said. John Giles/PA Wire / Richard Hammond crashed in a jet-powered dragster at Elvington airfield near York in September 2006 A front tyre had blown on the car and Hammond said in his post that he did not scream during the ensuing crash. He explained that while "it wasn't frightening", it had "simply occurred to me that the next thing on my to do list was to die". The Top Gear star spent two weeks in a coma after the crash and returned to the show in early 2007. In 2023, he spoke of how he believed his memory may have been affected by the accident. In his post on social media marking the anniversary of the crash, Hammond said: "I am only here today to note this anniversary and write these words because of the work of the many people involved in rescuing me from the shattered car, flying me to hospital and treating me there." Antony Todd/BBC / Hammond, pictured with Clarkson (centre) and May (right) presented Top Gear until 2015 Hammond went on to name members of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance and aftercare teams who helped him, saying he would be "forever grateful" to them. He said he would not have had the lucky career breaks, amazing adventures around the world and two of the "happiest, kindest, most wonderfully talented and loving daughters" if he had not been helped that day. "Thank you all from the bottom of my heart," he added. Hammond was also injured in a serious crash during a practice run for an electric car race 11 years later in Switzerland in June 2017, when his vehicle left the road, tumbled down a hillside and burst into flames close to a house. After leaving Top Gear with co-hosts Jeremy Clarkson and James May in 2015, the trio reunited for The Grand Tour, which they presented until 2024. Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds , catch up with the latest episode of Look North .

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中文标题： 《Top Gear》明星理查德·哈蒙德在车祸20年后感谢急救人员

前《Top Gear》主持人理查德·哈蒙德在2006年9月于约克附近Elvington机场拍摄时，驾驶喷气动力直线加速车冲出赛道，严重受伤并昏迷两周。事故20周年之际，他在Instagram感谢参与救援、送医和治疗的约克郡空中救护及后续护理团队，称永远感激。文中还提到他2017年瑞士另一场严重车祸，以及2015年离开《Top Gear》后与克拉克森、梅主持《The Grand Tour》至2024年。

  • 情报分类：综合情报
  • 分类依据：英国电视名人车祸周年与社会新闻，不属其他分类，归为综合情报。
  • 信息来源：英语新闻 / BBC News Top Stories
  • 发布时间：2026/9/20 21:55:58