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Richard Hammond

The best post-shunt interview…in the world

Published: 21 Sep 2011

The simple facts: last week, the driver of an SUV lost control of his vehicle, rolled it and hit a power line pole. The pole fell onto the car and trapped the victim inside.

Nobody was hurt: firefighters responded immediately to the accident and extracted the victim, who reportedly gave bystanders a thumbs-up to indicate he was ok.

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Why are we telling you this? The driver also struck a gentleman named George Lindell. Mr Lindell gleefully recalled the BAM! and BOOM! surrounding the accident, whilst pontificating that indeed, ‘reality hits you hard, bro'.

And it's the stiff upper lip, Arizona-style, that has amused us this morning...

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