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Chris Harris: I warned BBC about Top Gear safety before Freddie Flintoff crash
Former Top Gear star Chris Harris has claimed he expressed safety concerns to the BBC before Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff’s injury at the show’s test track and told them that someone could die.
<p>Andrew Flintoff, Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris during Top Gear filming outside London’s Television Centre (BBC/PA)</p>

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