Hammond’s wife ‘almost went to pieces’ after TV show car crash
Richard Hammond’s wife has told of the moment she “almost went to pieces” upon learning he had been involved in a second serious crash.
Hammond, 47, was filming for The Grand Tour in Switzerland when the car he was in crashed and burst into flames, just moments after he managed to escape it.
His wife Mindy said she is “incredibly grateful” he managed to come out the other side without any major injury, apart from a broken knee.
She told how she found out from Hammond that he had been involved in the crash and the impact it had on their two daughters, Izzy, 16, and Willow, 13.
Calling her husband a “silly, silly boy”, she said: “None of us in our little family dare consid- er what the outcome would have been if Richard hadn’t scrambled his way out of that car last weekend.
“We’re just incredibly grateful he got out and escaped with cuts, bruises and a broken knee. Before they loaded him on to the stretcher he called me, anxious to let me know he’d ‘had a bit of a shunt’ but was OK. James [May] spoke to me moments later and gave me a little more information.” She said Hammond was “downplaying what had happened” due to the shock of getting out of the car seconds before it burst into flames.
“I’m not a panicker, but I almost went to pieces this time,” she said.