Its top speed is estimated to be 370mph. It accelerates at 0-272mph in six seconds. It's powered by a Rolls Royce Orpheus jet engine. It holds the Outright British Land Speed Record of 300.3mph. And last Tuesday it crashed at 300mph. It veered off the runway and flipped over several times, landing upside down. The driver didn't quite walk away from it, but he did say he had to do a piece to camera!
Richard Hammond (aka the Hamster) is one of the presenters of the BBC show Top Gear. It's more than just a show about cars, they do challenges and stunts and it's wonderfully funny and entertaining. It could be argued that this was a challenge (setting a new record) too far, but that's not important at the moment.
Richard was airlifted to hospital by Air Ambulance and was said to be 'critical but stable' in the Intensive Care Unit with 'serious brain injuries'. A couple of days later he was put into High Dependancy, and now he's on a general ward. He's walking a bit (he didn't break a single bone, apparently because they're strapped in so tightly) and the hospital say they are hopeful he will make a good recovery :-D
Fans set up a website to raise money for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance hoping to raise about £30,000. By this morning it's already raised £144,219.22 and they've set a revised target of £500,000! YAA are planning to put the donations towards buying a second helicopter - Hammy's Heli.
I just wanted to add to all the good wishes to Richard and his family.
Get well soon!!
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