Richard Hammond's wife's 'third strike' warning before split

Richard Hammond was once given a five-word warning by his wife Mindy after he suffered a second car crash. The TV star ended up in a coma after his jet powered dragster crashed at 288mph during a final run of filming for Top Gear.

The serious accident left the star, now 55, with serious injuries and post-traumatic amnesia. He was unable to recognise former journalist Mindy, 59, when he came out of his coma.

After a second near fatal accident in 2017 after Richard raced a concept car for Amazon’s The Grand Tour TV show in Switzerland, Richard recalled the 'worst experience' he had ever had was calling his wife as he was about to be airlifted to hospital. His wife was reportedly not impressed and jokingly issued him a five-word warning.

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Richard told The Sun : “My worst experience was ringing my wife Mindy as they strapped me to a stretcher board next to an air ambulance and a blazing supercar at the bottom of a Swiss mountain. I said ‘Mindy, I’m really sorry, but I’ve done it again.

"Please don’t worry. My head is not damaged. I am all okay – only a few broken bits that will mend.’ It was pretty grim.”

Mindy reportedly joked to him that it was a case of “third strike and you’re out.” The couple, who married in 2002, announced their split in a joint statement today (Thursday, January 9).

It read: "A little update from us; this Christmas we were together as a family and this year we will still be a family but just structured a bit differently. Our marriage is coming to end, but we've had an amazing 28 years together and two incredible daughters.

"We will always be in each other's lives and are proud of the family we created. We won't be commenting further and sincerely hope that our privacy and that of our children will be respected at this time. With Love, Richard and Mindy."

Richard has reportedly moved out of the couple's mock castle home in Herefordshire.