Former Top Gear host Richard Hammond is airlifted to hospital after flipping £2million supercar in horror crash during filming of Amazon show

Richard Hammond is being treated in hospital after flipping a £2million supercar which then burst into flames as he filmed his new Amazon show

Former Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond has been airlifted to hospital after a horror crash in Switzerland. The 47-year-old, who sustained brain injuries after a 288mph rocket car accident in 2006, is being treated in hospital after flipping a £2million supercar (top right) which then burst into flames and was left charred (left) as he filmed his new Amazon show, The Grand Tour. The crash is reported to have happened on a road that was closed for the Bergrennen Hemberg race. Pictures from the scene showed a car in flames alongside a road in St. Gallen before the blaze was extinguished by firefighters (bottom right). This comes just weeks after Mr Hammond toppled off his motorcycle and banged his head while riding through a 'remote' part of Mozambique. Jeremy Clarkson, who was also filming the show when the crash happened, tweeted (inset top): 'It was the biggest crash I've ever seen and the most frightening but incredibly, and thankfully, Richard seems to be mostly OK.'

Amazon later released this image showing the burnt-out wreckage of the car laying upside down on a hill

This is the moment the former BBC star crashed in the supercar as he and co-hosts filmed their new show

The crash is reported to have happened on a road that was closed for the Bergrennen Hemberg race

The vehicle appeared to have rolled down a hill following the crash in Switzerland

Pictures from the scene showed a car in flames alongside a road in St. Gallen before the blaze was extinguished by firefighters

Richard Hammond is pictured at the end of last month arriving for dinner at the Ivy Chelsea Garden with his wife Amanda Etheridge as well as his daughters Willow and Isabella