On Friday, August 12, the famous TV presenter and journalist James May had an accident and was taken to the hospital. He was said to have broken a rib and felt discomfort in his neck and back after the crash. The incident happened while May was filming The Grand Tour for Amazon Prime Video at the decommissioned Olavsvern naval facility near Tromsø.
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Why was James May admitted to hospital?
May’s vehicle crashed into a wall while filming a drag race with Jeremy Clarkson for The Grand Tour, breaking a rib. May and Clarkson had to drive their rally cars down a tunnel towards a rock wall at a Norwegian naval station for the challenge. On the other hand, the light in the tunnel only turned on when the vehicles were accelerating, allowing drivers less than five seconds to react if they did not have enough space. May seemed to discover this too late, as he hit the brakes before crashing into the wall.
Paramedics rushed to the scene and helped May reach the hospital, and the program continued filming without him.
According to a person who spoke to The Sun,
“At first it seemed very worrying. Jeremy and Richard were worried about their friend, so an ambulance soon arrived. As with any large-scale production, medical staff are on standby in case things go tragically wrong, as they did here.”
According to the source, James hit his head hard and is currently experiencing discomfort in his back and neck. The Grand Tour was created by May and Clarkson, as well as Richard Hammond, James May and Andy Wilman. The show premiered on November 18, 2016 and received positive reviews from reviewers and audiences.
All about James May
James May began his career as an associate editor of The Engineer and Autocar magazines. He later wrote for magazines such as Car Magazine, Top Gear and The Daily Telegraph. May also co-authored Oz and James’s Big Wine Adventure and published the book May on Motors. He is known for his many television appearances, having hosted Channel 4’s Driven and BBC One’s Road Rage School.
May directed the documentary Inside Killer Sharks. In 2008, he traveled the world in James May’s BBC miniseries Big Ideas, looking for applications for ideas previously considered science fiction. In 2013, he wrote another documentary, To Space & Back.
James is the founder of the YouTube channel Head Squeeze and founded JM’s Unemployment Tube in 2015. The channel includes cooking videos from his kitchen as well as Airfix models. The latest video was uploaded to the channel in February 2021. In 2016, he founded DriveTribe, a social media platform for car enthusiasts. He also started Foodtribe, a spin-off company where he made films using a piece of humble kitchen equipment.
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