James May has been rushed to hospital after reportedly crashing into a wall at 75mph. Former Top Gear and Grand Tour star James is understood to have broken a rib and needed a brain scan before he got the all-clear after the accident.
James had been filming alongside his Grand Tour co-stars when he was challenged with taking part in a dangerous drag-style race before the accident happened, it has been claimed. The challenge is said to have required James and his co-hosts Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond with taking it in turns to speed rally cards along a tunnel towards a rock wall, The Mirror reports.
It's understood the lights of the tunnel, in a Norwegian naval base, only came on has the cars sped along – giving the drivers three seconds to react if they ran out of space. James is understood to have reacted too late and jackknifed into the wall. He was then reportedly helped out of the car before being taken to hospital.
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A source told The Sun: "It looked extremely worrying at first. Jeremy and Richard were concerned about their mate and the paramedics swooped in quickly. As ever on a shoot of this scale, medical staff are waiting in the wings in case — as they did here — things go horribly wrong."
The Mirror has contacted James' representatives for comment. The TV star is said to have "smashed his head quite hard" as the car collided with the wall.
And after the crash, a "shaken" James complained about "pain in his back and neck" and it is though he has broken at least one rib.
James was reportedly forced to "abandon" filming while Jeremy, 62, and Richard, 52, had to continue on with the trip. However, after being given the all-clear James was later reportedly able to join his co-stars.
Back in 2006, Richard was in a coma for two weeks and even suffered a brain injury after he crashed in a Vampire Dragster. He also suffered with post-traumatic amnesia from the incident.
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