Former Top Gear presenter Paddy McGuinness has revealed details of his own "brain rattling" crash while on Top Gear just weeks after the BBC rested the show.
The BBC, in November, revealed Top Gear would be rested for the "foreseeable future" following a crash involving former England cricket captain and presenter Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff at the show's test track - the Dunsfold Aerodrome, Surrey in December 2022.
The former England cricket captain reportedly flipped a Morgan Super 3 vehicle on the first bend at the Top Gear Test Track during filming for the show while not wearing a helmet.
The vehicle was only travelling at 22mph but was open-top, meaning when it flipped Flintoff's face scraped along the tarmac, reported the Mail on Sunday.
The presenter is said to have sustained broken ribs and serious facial injuries in the incident with Flintoff’s son Corey, revealing at the time, said his father was “lucky to be alive” describing it as a “pretty nasty crash”.
There were reports Flintoff's crash was so bad Top Gear staff who witnessed it had to be signed off work indefinitely as they struggled to come to terms with an incident described as "something you would truly want to unsee".
Paddy McGuinness reveals details of his own Top Gear crash
Just weeks after the news the BBC had rested Top Gear for the "foreseeable future" following Flintoff's crash, McGuinness has also revealed the details of an accident he was involved in while filming the show.
Talking on the Restless Natives podcast about Top Gear, The Sun reported, McGuinness said: “I was in this race in America.
"I hit a wall at about 70 or 80 miles an hour.
"You could feel your brains rattling.
"Thank the Lord I walked away from it.
"But I remember that night being in my bed at the hotel and literally having a bit of a panic attack.”
He also revealed that Flintoff's crash was something that had stayed with him.
McGuinness thanked fans for their support last month following the news Top Gear had been rested.
McGuinness, on his Instagram account, said: "We were always going to be b****nds but we were your b*****ds.
"Thanks for all the love over the years folks, it was very much appreciated. #TopGear."
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