The BBC has announced that season 34 of Top Gear will not resume filming, following an investigation into presenter Andrew Flintoff's crash back in December last year.
The ex-England cricketer was airlifted to hospital following an accident on the Top Gear test track at the Dunsfold Aerodrome, Surrey on the 13th of December.
And the British Broadcasting Corporation last night released a statement confirming that filming for the current season of the hit show will come to a halt, citing it's 'inappropriate to resume making' the show considering.
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The PA News Agency reports that the statement, reads: "(BBC Studios) have sincerely apologised to Freddie and will continue to support him with his recovery. Under the circumstances, we feel it would be inappropriate to resume making series 34 of Top Gear at this time.
“We understand this will be disappointing for fans, but it is the right thing to do, and we’ll make a judgment about how best to continue later this year. This has also impacted the production team, who we continue to support. Finally, there will be a health and safety review of the show, in line with our procedures.”
The presenter was hospitalised and left with broken bones after the accident, in which the open-topped car he was driving is said to have flipped before sliding along the track. A TV insider would reportedly later tell The Sun: “The injuries were more severe as the car didn’t have a roof.
"It was a freak accident and somehow the car flipped over and the two men were dragged along. Freddie and the crew member were both wearing helmets, but it was still a severe accident.
“Everyone on the scene was shocked by how serious it was and they were very worried about the two men strapped in."
It's not the first time that a Top Gear presenter has suffered a terrifying crash while filming for the show. In 2006, Richard Hammond found himself on life support after he lost control of a high-speed supercar in Switzerland - in a crash which saw him sustain a frontal lobe brain injury and fighting for his life in a coma for two weeks.
Production on the series was in-turn delayed by several months, following the accident.
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