He was reportedly rushed to hospital after the incident, but has since been given the all clear, having been treated for a broken rib and given a brain scan.
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The Grand Tour star James May has thanked fans for their 'kind comments and funny jokes' after news of his car crash: 'I'm perfectly OK.'
‘My thanks to everyone who has pointed out the ‘ghost’ in ep3 of my new Italy series. A source told The Sun: ‘It looked extremely worrying at first. However, after another Twitter user responded: ‘Hi, editor here. The source alleged that James sustained a ‘bloodied’ head and pain in his back and neck, and while he was forced to ‘abandon’ filming, he was given the all-clear ‘a day or so later’. It was previously reported that James, along with his Grand Tour co-stars Richard and Jeremy, were taking turns to rally cars along a tunnel towards a rock wall, while participating in the challenge at a Norwegian naval base. It was claimed that the lights in the tunnel failed to come on until they were already driving in the tunnel, meaning that they had limited time to react.
Grand Tour star James May has got injured after crashing his rally car into a wall at 75 mph. It seems to have been due to a stunt gone wrong.
He seemed to have a broken rib, and that the shooting for May was abandoned as his co-stars continued. Richard was in a coma for a couple of weeks apart from suffering a brain injury. The paramedics came in quickly as May's co-stars got worried about his state.
Former Top Gear presenter James May has been rushed to a Norwegian hospital after he smashed his car into a wall while filming for his new show.
He was complaining about pain in his back and neck. "James smashed his head quite hard in the impact and was bloodied by it. The trio were steering rally cars through a tunnel towards a rock wall.
The star was reportedly left with a bloodied head and broken rib in the incident which occurred during filming.
While it is unclear exactly when the incident happened, the trio were filming in Norway in March. A fan posted on Reddit at the time that he had met Clarkson and Hammond at a local gas station, but May hadn’t been there because he had “crashed the Evo while they were in Tromsø”. May addressed the report in a tweet: “Thank you for all your kind comments and funny jokes re my crash, but it was a while back, not that bad, and I’m perfectly OK.” According to The Sun’s source, May “smashed his head quite hard in the impact, and was bloodied by it”, was complaining of pain in his back and neck, and broke “at least one rib”.
May braked too late and jackknifed into a rock wall.
Motoring presenter reportedly rushed to hospital after crashing a car into a wall at 120km.
May and Grand Tour co-hosts Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond had been filming a dangerous drag-style race for their Amazon Prime show when the accident happened. UK motoring presenter James May was reportedly rushed to hospital after crashing a car into a wall at 120km when a stunt didn’t go as planned. Motoring presenter reportedly rushed to hospital after crashing a car into a wall at 120km.
The Grand Tour has already started filming for a new season and reports say that James May was involved in a crash while shooting a stunt in Norway.
A source said that the Grand Tour host smashed his head hard, and was bloodied by the impact. Further reports state that May is fine and rejoined the casts after getting cleared from the accident. The UK's The Sun said that James May was involved in a horrifying crash during one of the stunts for the upcoming season.
The presenter was in an accident while shooting a challenge for the Amazon Prime Video show.
The Grand Tour is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video. He tweeted: “Thank you for all your kind comments and funny jokes re my crash, but it was a while back, not that bad, and I’m perfectly OK. He also told one follower he’d “made a cock-up and destroyed” the car in the accident.
May was hospitalized with a broken rib, but was cleared after the crash that had apparently occurred months ago.
Photos from that encounter include the Subaru Clarkson posted and an Audi possibly driven by Hammond in the same test, but not the Evo that had reportedly crashed. This crash apparently involved James May and a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo. According to a report from the Sun, May was racing through a tunnel in Norway when he braked too late at 75 MPH and "jackknifed" into the wall. Crashes sometimes happen while filming a show like the Grand Tour, as Richard Hammond has learned all too many times already.