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Casey Cooper-Fiske

Richard Hammond thanks emergency workers on 20th anniversary of jet car crash

Richard Hammond has thanked emergency workers on the 20th anniversary of his crash (Aaron Chown/PA) - (PA Archive)

Former Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond has thanked emergency workers on the 20th anniversary of his jet car crash.

The 56-year-old suffered serious injuries in the 320mph crash in 2006, while driving the jet-powered Vampire dragster during filming for the BBC motoring show at the former RAF Elvington airbase near York.

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