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Richard Hammond Reveals Accident Has Left Him Unable To Run For 18 Months

Richard Hammond Reveals Accident Has Left Him Unable To Run For 18 Months

Richard Hammond has spoken about the long-term effects of his recent accident, after being involved in a serious incident on the set of ā€˜The Grand Tourā€™.

Back in March, Richard was airlifted to hospital after jumping from a car as it overturned, while filming a stunt for the Amazon Prime show.

The accident left him in need of knee surgery, and heā€™s now opened up about the aftermath and his recovery period.

Richard Hammond
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Richard Hammond
With James May, Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan
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With James May, Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan

Last month, it was reported that Jeremy Clarkson had been rushed to hospital with pneumonia, after he took ill while on holiday with his family in Spain.

Opening up about his hospital stint, he wrote in his Sunday Times column that heā€™d been told heā€™d need to stay under doctorsā€™ care for at least a week, and when he claimed this would be ā€œimpossibleā€, he was told by one medic: ā€œIf you donā€™t do as I say you will die.ā€

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