Doctor says Top Gear presenter Hammond could be ‘back to old self’ in six months

TOP Gear presenter Richard Hammond was discharged from Leeds General Infirmary yesterday with his consultant neurosurgeon optimistic he would make a full recovery and be “back to his old self” within six months.

Doctor says Top Gear presenter Hammond could be ‘back to old self’ in six months

The 36-year-old left the Leeds hospital by air ambulance just over a week after a high-speed crash in a jet-powered dragster near York nearly claimed his life.

Hammond looked cheerful and relaxed as he was wheeled out to the yellow Yorkshire Air Ambulance which had landed on a helipad on the hospital roof at around 10.40am.

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