i got this by txt earlier and thought it was a wind up!
Hope he is ok, TG wouldn't be the same!
Hope he is ok, TG wouldn't be the same!
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Yeah goto say I hope is gets through this one. Claire texted me earlier and told me what had happenedGreg
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Wow just seen this on the BBC news site at work, hope he pulls through.
He was in a car called Vampire trying to break the British land speed record. He'd already done a run of over 300mph when on his final return run one of the parachutes failed and spat him off the runway.
This car holds the current British land speed record which was actually set at Elvington.
Quote from Vampires web site:
"Vampire is driven by Colin Fallows and weighs 2,200 lbs. The car is 30 feet long and drinks 7-10 gallons per mile of fuel. It accelerates at 0-272 in six seconds and is powered by a Rolls Royce Orpheus jet engine. The car is theoretically capable of 370mph. Colin and Vampire hold the Outright British Land Speed Record of 300.3mph."
Anyway whatever speed it was it's a nasty accident best wishes to him and his familyLast edited by bazookachicken; 21 September 2006, 02:28.1995 S2 Avant
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Heard this at work... Not good. Hope he pulls through but hamsters are tough little things....Dark Grey Avant
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Apparently he was concious when they removed him from the wreckage, which is a good sign, and over night the medics have downgraded him from "critically ill" to just "seriously ill but stable". Fingers crossed.Ex S2 owner, now running around in an A4 Avant quattro...
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Apparently he was concious when they removed him from the wreckage, which is a good sign, and over night the medics have downgraded him from "critically ill" to just "seriously ill but stable". Fingers crossed.Ex S2 owner, now running around in an A4 Avant quattro...Comment
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Hopes he gets well soon. The Hamster rocks!Comment
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......................Originally posted by bazookachickenLast edited by s2dude; 21 September 2006, 18:36.Comment
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No - Landy!Originally posted by s2dude
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Some of you may know i am a paramedic in Sussex and it is not uncommon to anethsetise patients with head injuries in hospital as it makes it much easier to manage the bleed or whatever is going on in the swede and also patients with head injury can become confused and aggitated due to the pressure on the brain. So the fact that he was consious at scene and now isn't is not nessesarily the reaper coming it could just be the neorologists being cautious and hopefully they can then sort the injury and he can start the recovery process.
Sorry if this is too boring but head injuries are quite tricky and i have seen a few! He is a fit and healthy chap so chances are they will fix im. Fingers crossed eh!
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Didn't know you did that Crawford
A great job you are doing there mate, and not boring to hear about it at all....
"They" being the Doctors etc, can do a lot with head injuries these days so he stands a good chance of making a good recovery. Fingers crossed for the little fella...
Cheers,
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It was a tyre blow out folks, read below, sounds shocking!
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Cars going upside down and digging into soft ground are always bad news. Let's hope that Richard Hammond will be ok. Other drag racers have survived 300mph crashes so there is no reason why The Hamster shouldn't, but usually they are on hard ground and do not dig in. Vampire was an old car but it had probably been through many upgrades and a lot of structural tests to ensure safety, and sure enough the cage did it's job as well as can be expected.
Get well soon Hamster!!!
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Originally posted by Jamo
Check out those skid marks
Like keeper of the kitten says...
Tarmac may have made it much less serious...
steel bars rip through soft ground....heads dont
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