Top Gear's Richard Hammond fighting for his life
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Doctors treating Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond say his condition has improved and he has been moved out of intensive care.
Hammond is now said to be in a "stable" condition following his high speed crash in a jet-powered car.
Leeds General Infirmary said: "Richard Hammond is making satisfactory progress. This morning he has been moved from intensive care on to a high dependency unit.
"His condition has been downgraded from 'serious but stable' to 'stable'."
Friends and family are with the 36-year-old who suffered a "significant brain injury" when the 370mph jet-powered Vampire dragster he was driving veered off a runway and flipped over several times.
Doctors have said they were "reasonably optimistic" he would make a good recovery.
Fellow Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May visited him in hospital.
Clarkson described the moment he made Hammond smile. "I said: 'The reason you're here is because you're a cxxx driver'. He then smiled at me. It was an amazing moment.
"Apart from a black eye, Richard didn't look like he had a mark on him. He hasn't a broken bone in his body," Clarkson told The Sun.
Police and safety experts have launched an investigation into the crash, which happened after Hammond had been driving at speeds close to 300mph.
Organisers have denied reports that Hammond was trying to break the British land speed record.
After the accident, one paramedic claimed: "Richard kept saying: 'I've got to do a piece to camera'."
Source: www.skynews.co.uk
Hammond is now said to be in a "stable" condition following his high speed crash in a jet-powered car.
Leeds General Infirmary said: "Richard Hammond is making satisfactory progress. This morning he has been moved from intensive care on to a high dependency unit.
"His condition has been downgraded from 'serious but stable' to 'stable'."
Friends and family are with the 36-year-old who suffered a "significant brain injury" when the 370mph jet-powered Vampire dragster he was driving veered off a runway and flipped over several times.
Doctors have said they were "reasonably optimistic" he would make a good recovery.
Fellow Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May visited him in hospital.
Clarkson described the moment he made Hammond smile. "I said: 'The reason you're here is because you're a cxxx driver'. He then smiled at me. It was an amazing moment.
"Apart from a black eye, Richard didn't look like he had a mark on him. He hasn't a broken bone in his body," Clarkson told The Sun.
Police and safety experts have launched an investigation into the crash, which happened after Hammond had been driving at speeds close to 300mph.
Organisers have denied reports that Hammond was trying to break the British land speed record.
After the accident, one paramedic claimed: "Richard kept saying: 'I've got to do a piece to camera'."
Source: www.skynews.co.uk
Hes cool on top gear bit annoyin on brainiac tho not that i watch that shit really 
Hope he pulls thru all right
Hope he pulls thru all right
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