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| Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond is in a critical condition in hospital after a crash in a jet-powered car while filming for the programme. | Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond is in a critical condition in hospital after a crash in a jet-powered car while filming for the programme. |
| The presenter, 36, was taken by air ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary which has a special neurological unit. | |
| A North Yorkshire Ambulance Service spokesman said he was unconscious when they got to the scene and a hospital spokesman described him as "critical". | |
| The BBC confirmed the presenter had been injured during a Top Gear shoot. | |
| Inspector Mike Thompson, of North Yorkshire Police, said officers were dealing with the incident at Elvington airfield, a former RAF base, in North Yorkshire. | |
| He said: "At 5.45pm this evening we received a report via the fire service of a male person trapped in what was described as an overturned jet car which had been driven on the airfield. | |
| "The male occupant has received serious injuries and has been airlifted to hospital at Leeds." | |
| The presenter was born in Birmingham, educated in Yorkshire and lives near Cheltenham. | |
| In addition to presenting Top Gear for the BBC, he also fronted Brainiac on Sky One until recently. |