Former England cricketer and ace all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has been airlifted to the hospital on Monday (December 12) evening after he met with a car crash. The accident occurred when Flintoff, 45, was filming in icy conditions at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Surrey. The car crash occurred during the filming of an episode of the BBC show, Top Gear.
"Freddie was injured in an accident at the Top Gear test track this morning - with crew medics attending the scene immediately," the BBC said in a statement.
"He has been taken to hospital for further treatment and we will confirm more details in due course."
Flintoff's injuries are "not life-threatening", according to The Sun, which added that he had been "driving on the track as normal" and was not going at high speeds.
"All the usual health and safety measures were in place for filming too," a source told The Sun. "Freddie was taken to hospital by air ambulance shortly afterwards.
"Filming has been postponed for now and all anyone cares about is Freddie recovering."
Flintoff’s career
Flintoff enjoyed a hugely successful international cricket career, most memorably helping England to their first Ashes victory in 18 years in 2005, before helping his side regain the urn four years later.
He retired from Test cricket at the end of the 2009 Ashes series, and from other forms of the game in 2010, then had one professional boxing fight in November 2012 in Manchester, where he beat American Richard Dawson on a points decision.
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The accident is not the first faced by Flintoff since he began working on the show.
In February 2019 the presenter was involved in a minor incident when he crashed into a market stall in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
In September of the same year he crashed again while driving a three-wheel vehicle at a reported speed of 124mph during filming for Top Gear at Elvington Airfield in Yorkshire, but walked away from the incident unharmed.
