Richard Hammond gewond in crash! [deeltje 2]

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Six month recovery' for Hammond

Richard Hammond leaves hospital
Richard Hammond is making good progress in his recovery

Hammond transferred

Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond, who crashed in a jet-powered car, could be "back to his old self" within six months, according to his neurologist.
Mr Hammond seemed in good spirits as he was moved from a Leeds hospital to another in Bristol, near his home.

Neurosurgeon Stuart Ross said rest could help Mr Hammond recover from his "brain injury" within months. The presenter was treated for a brain injury at Leeds General Infirmary, after crashing while filming the show. He was transported to the Bupa hospital in Clifton, Bristol in the same Yorkshire Air Ambulance which attended the scene of his crash.
The TV star was later seen walking into a waiting ambulance on his arrival in Bristol.

'Old self'

Mr Ross - the presenter's consultant neurosurgeon - said "there is no getting around" the fact that his patient has a "significant brain injury". However, he said the TV star, who is a married father-of-two, was "doing well". Mr Ross went on: "There comes a period now which is unfortunately slow and is difficult to get through. But there comes a period when he has to get over the injury. "He has to rest and allow his brain to recover and that takes time. I'm sure that once that period is over he will be back to his old self." When asked when that might be, Mr Ross suggested a timeframe of around six months.
Mr Hammond had been driving a jet-powered dragster similar to the Vampire used by Colin Fallows to set the British land speed record of 300.3 mph.

Richard and Amanda Hammond

Mr Hammond with his wife Amanda who kept a bedside vigil
He had to be cut free after the car "veered off to the right" and its parachutes opened during the drive, during the crash last Wednesday. The 36-year-old, from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, has since received hundreds of cards and flowers from well-wishers. In the days after the crash, Mr Hammond said he was so overwhelmed with flowers he was worried he could be "in for some ribbing from fellow Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May". Medical staff at the hospital said his recovery was continuing after being transferred from a high dependency unit on Friday. A BBC spokeswoman confirmed that the final part of the Best Of Top Gear, which was due to be screened on 1 October, had been postponed indefinitely.

Police and the Health and Safety Executive are continuing to investigate the crash.
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Op zondag 24 september 2006 23:08 schreef Bruce117 het volgende:
mooi dat het alweer wat beter gaat met de hamster.

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A BBC spokeswoman confirmed that the final part of the Best Of Top Gear, which was due to be screened on 1 October, had been postponed indefinitely.

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Op vrijdag 29 september 2006 12:22 schreef Setambre het volgende:
Vraag me af of dit ongeluk impact heeft op de show. Dat ze nog steeds van auto's een boot proberen te maken en nog meer van deze ongein wat Topgear Topgear maakte