James May

The presenter, 59, was reportedly involved in a high speed car crash on Thursday during filming a special episode for his Amazon Prime show Grand Tour ...

Yet here I am ready to go back home after five weeks. The air ambulance guys were amazed I was still breathing. He broke at least one rib and was quite shaken by it.

Grand Tour star James May has reportedly been hospitalised with a broken rib after taking part in a driving challenge that went wrong.

And after the crash, a "shaken" James complained about "pain in his back and neck" and was also said to be bleeding. The TV star is said to have "smashed his head quite hard" as the car collided with the wall. 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.

JAMES MAY has reportedly been rushed to hospital with a broken rib after a stunt went horribly wrong, slamming him into a wall at 75mph.

James, 59, is understood to have sought medical attention and needed a brain scan before being given the all-clear. I’m going to try and function with my own dodgy knee for as long as I can. It was really bad," he revealed. According to the producer, it was a “miracle” that Richard survived the crash which occurred up the Hemberg Hill Climb. JAMES MAY has reportedly been rushed to hospital with a broken rib after a stunt went horribly wrong, slamming him into a wall at 75mph. Top Gear star James May was reportedly flung into a wall at 75mph after a stunt went badly wrong, leaving him with a broken rib.

According to reports of the incident, the Our Man In Italy presenter broke a rib and was taken for a brain scan after the crash, where he hit a wall at high ...

According to reports of the incident, the Our Man In Italy presenter broke a rib and was taken for a brain scan after the crash, where he hit a wall at high speed. According to the source, he “smashed his head quite hard” and was “shaken” after the incident with “pain in his back and neck”. It’s also understood that he broke a rib. The Grand Tour presenter James May was taken to hospital after crashing a car as he filmed alongside co-presenters Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson for the next episode of the popular Amazon car show.

He was reportedly rushed to hospital after the incident, but has since been given the all clear, having been treated for a broken rib and given a brain scan.

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The Grand Tour star James May has thanked fans for their 'kind comments and funny jokes' after news of his car crash: 'I'm perfectly OK.'

‘My thanks to everyone who has pointed out the ‘ghost’ in ep3 of my new Italy series. A source told The Sun: ‘It looked extremely worrying at first. However, after another Twitter user responded: ‘Hi, editor here. The source alleged that James sustained a ‘bloodied’ head and pain in his back and neck, and while he was forced to ‘abandon’ filming, he was given the all-clear ‘a day or so later’. It was previously reported that James, along with his Grand Tour co-stars Richard and Jeremy, were taking turns to rally cars along a tunnel towards a rock wall, while participating in the challenge at a Norwegian naval base. It was claimed that the lights in the tunnel failed to come on until they were already driving in the tunnel, meaning that they had limited time to react.