Former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff has been hospitalised after he was concerned in a automotive crash whereas filming for BBC’s TV Present ‘High Gear’. The incident occurred when Flintoff was filming with a crew at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Surrey on Monday (December 12).
“Freddie was injured in an accident on the High Gear check observe this morning – with crew medics attending the scene instantly. He has been taken to hospital for additional therapy, and we are going to verify extra particulars in the end,” stated BBC in a press release.
Based on a report in The Solar, Flintoff was taken to the hospital by air ambulance, and his accidents aren’t life-threatening. The report additionally talked about that the previous all-rounder was driving on the observe as regular and never going at excessive velocity.
“Freddie is in hospital after a crash on High Gear. He was driving on the observe as regular. He wasn’t going at excessive speeds – it was simply an accident that would occur to anybody. All the same old well being and security measures have been in place for filming too,” stated a supply as quoted by The Solar.
“Freddie was taken to hospital by air ambulance shortly afterwards. His accidents usually are not life-threatening and he’s receiving therapy. Filming has been postponed for now, and all anybody cares about is Freddie recovering,” the supply added.
Notably, it was not the primary time that Flintoff had been concerned in an accident since he first started presenting the present. In 2019, he crashed right into a market stall in Nottinghamshire. Then, in September of the identical yr, Flintoff crashed throughout a drag race whereas filming at Elvington Airfield in Yorkshire.
Flintoff, who joined the High Gear present as a number in 2019, bid farewell from the game in 2009 after taking part in 79 Checks, 141 one-day internationals and 7 T20s for England.