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Top Gear presenter Chris Harris has been involved in a car crash while working for the show's magazine. | Top Gear presenter Chris Harris has been involved in a car crash while working for the show's magazine. |
Harris was driving a black Porsche GT3 Touring on the A466 near Tintern in Monmouthshire when he crashed into a pick-up truck doing a three-point turn. | |
Nobody was injured in the crash, which happened at about 13:30 GMT on Monday, but both vehicles were damaged. | Nobody was injured in the crash, which happened at about 13:30 GMT on Monday, but both vehicles were damaged. |
Harris was working ahead of the 26th series of Top Gear, its last with Matt LeBlanc, which will air in early 2019. | Harris was working ahead of the 26th series of Top Gear, its last with Matt LeBlanc, which will air in early 2019. |
He was driving through the Wye Valley, with a senior executive from the magazine also in the car at the time of the crash. | He was driving through the Wye Valley, with a senior executive from the magazine also in the car at the time of the crash. |
An eyewitness, said the pick-up truck was manoeuvring in an apparent three-point-turn before the collision and the Porsche was embedded in the side of the truck between the front and back wheels. | An eyewitness, said the pick-up truck was manoeuvring in an apparent three-point-turn before the collision and the Porsche was embedded in the side of the truck between the front and back wheels. |
A Spokesman for BBC Top Gear said: "We can confirm that Chris Harris was involved in a car accident in Wales earlier today whilst working on a feature for Top Gear magazine. | A Spokesman for BBC Top Gear said: "We can confirm that Chris Harris was involved in a car accident in Wales earlier today whilst working on a feature for Top Gear magazine. |
"Chris, his passenger, and the driver of the other car, were unhurt and Police were called to the scene." | "Chris, his passenger, and the driver of the other car, were unhurt and Police were called to the scene." |
Harris has presented Top Gear since 2016, when he was brought as part of the team which replaced Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. | Harris has presented Top Gear since 2016, when he was brought as part of the team which replaced Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. |
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