James Could was hospitalized after Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution crash

British auto journalist and TV host James Could was reportedly whisked to the hospital after a crash throughout filming of The Grand Tour. The presenter was stated to have been driving a yellow Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII at 75 mph when he crashed right into a tunnel wall. 

Happily, The Sun stories that Could, 59, broke a rib through the crash and required x-rays and a mind scan earlier than being launched from the hospital in principally good well being.

This was not all the time the case with the previous BBC Top Gear hosts. Famously, Richard Hammond acquired extreme accidents from a 2006 crash at 280 mph in a drag racer. Hammond was additionally concerned in a fiery crash of a Rimac One in 2017, however walked away principally unhurt. 

The small print of the crash are a bit obscure, however apparently it concerned a problem the place Could was presupposed to drive the Evo down an extended tunnel at a naval base in Norway. The Solar describes the stunt as going down within the pitch black passage, with lights solely illuminating because the automotive drove by. With mere seconds to react, Could was unable to brake in time from 75 mph and slammed the Evo right into a wall.

The section apparently concerned Could, Hammond, and Jeremy Clarkson taking AWD sedans to the Arctic Circle. Two different vehicles have been posted to social media by Clarkson himself and by fans, as found by Motor 1. These vehicles are a Subaru Impreza WRX STI and an Audi RS4. After the Evo’s destruction, the Subaru and Audi continued on with out it. The vehicles had been driving in Norway six months in the past, however Could’s hospitalization is barely now coming to gentle. 

Fortunately Captain Sluggish, as Could is nicknamed, is alright. As for the state of the more and more endangered Evo, nonetheless, we’ll simply have to attend till the subsequent season of Grand Tour airs.