‘Fearless’ TV presenter badly hurt in jet car crash

TOP GEAR presenter Richard Hammond was injured in an accident while filming an edition of the programme, the BBC said last night.

Mr Hammond, who often drives high-performance cars as part of presenting the show, has been taken to hospital following the incident at an airfield near York.

A North Yorkshire Police spokesman confirmed the accident happened on Elvington airfield, seven miles to the south-east of the city.