Flintoff praises NHS staff who treated him after crash, as doctor says his injuries were among 'most complex' he's ever seen

Andrew Flintoff has praised the "love and compassion" of "superhero" unit successful a sojourn to the infirmary that treated him aft his crash.

The cricket fable was earnestly injured during the incidental connected the Top Gear track successful Surrey successful December 2022.

He was airlifted to St George's successful Tooting, with a surgeon calling Flintoff's injuries immoderate of the astir analyzable he's seen.

"I conscionable privation to accidental a monolithic convey you to each the unit astatine St George's," Flintoff said, arsenic helium returned to the London hospital.

"I came present astir apt the lowest I've ever been, successful request of assistance and the expertise, the love, the compassion they showed maine was incredible.

"I'll beryllium eternally grateful - implicit superheroes."

Jahrad Haq, a maxillofacial surgeon, said helium knew instantly the lawsuit was thing retired of the ordinary.

"I was connected telephone that time and received a telephone telephone from the exigency section consultant," said Mr Haq.

"A batch of injuries are managed astatine a much inferior level earlier escalating, truthful I knew this 1 was serious.

"Of each the trauma cases I've seen successful implicit 20 years, this was among the astir complex."

Flintoff was besides pictured connected his sojourn gathering pb dental caregiver Linda Holden and main orthodontic caregiver Sonia Steer.

Shamim Umarji, who besides treated the 47-year-old, said it was "wonderful to spot Freddie again and his sojourn gave unit a existent boost".

"He spent a batch of clip chatting to everyone and it meant a lot," added the trauma and orthopaedic surgeon.

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Flintoff antecedently described however helium thought helium had died successful the mishap - which saw him "pulled face-down connected the runway" for astir 50m nether a three-wheel car.

The incidental led to the BBC pulling the plug connected Top Gear and it remains unclear if it volition ever return.