Freddie Flintoff was airlifted to hospital after being involved in a car crash while filming Top Gear.
The England cricket legend was shooting an episode of the BBC series at Dunsfold Park aerodrome in Surrey on Tuesday when the accident occurred.
He was injured as cameras were rolling to capture his opinion of the car for the show’s review segment.
It is understood the 45-year-old’s injuries are not life-threatening, but may require surgery.
A BBC spokesperson said: “Freddie was injured in an accident at the Top Gear test track this morning – with crew medics attending the scene immediately.
“He has been taken to hospital for further treatment and we will confirm more details in due course.”
A source added to the The Sun: “Freddie is in hospital after a crash on Top Gear.
“He was driving on the track as normal. He wasn’t going at high speeds – it was just an accident that could happen to anyone.
“All the usual health and safety measures were in place for filming too.
“Freddie was taken to hospital by air ambulance shortly afterwards.
“His injuries are not life-threatening and he is receiving treatment.
“Filming has been postponed for now and all anyone cares about is Freddie recovering.”
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Flintoff was behind the wheel filming when the incident happened, prompting on-site medics at the venue near Cranleight to come to his aid.
Joining talkSPORT on Wednesday morning, TalkTV host Piers Morgan revealed he Flintoff, a good friend of his, has had surgery and is in recovery.
“It was a hell of a shock because you fear the worst when you hear there’s been a high-speed crash on Top Gear, remember what happened to Richard Hammond when he nearly died,” Morgan said on the talkSPORT Breakfast.
“I’m told it was a pretty serious crash and that Freddie’s going to be OK, but it might be a little bit more serious than first appreciated.
“I’ve been in contact with [the family] privately, but I just want to wish him and his family, Rachel his wife, all the very best and I think we’re all just keeping our fingers crossed that the big man comes through alright.”
Co-star Chris Harris, who presents the show alongside Flintoff and Paddy McGuiness – was also at the test track.
Flintoff, who was appointed England cricket captain twice, first in 2006 and 2007, retired from the international stage in 2010, briefly returning to play for Lancashire four years later.
Following his successful sporting career he became a familiar face on television, joining various reality and panel shows and appearing as the face of supermarket brand Morrisons.
In 2010 he became a team captain on Sky’s A League Of Their Own, hosted by James Corden before being crowned king of the jungle in the first series of the Australian version of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! in 2015.
After appearing in the BBC drama Love, Lies and Records in 2017, he went on to make his musical theatre debut in Kay Mellor’s Fat Friends The Musical and hosted All Star Musicals for ITV in December the same year.
He was announced in October 2018, ahead of the show’s 27th series, as a new host of Top Gear alongside Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris.
Tuesday’s accident is not the first faced by Flintoff since he began working on the programme.
In February 2019 the presenter was involved in a minor incident when he crashed into a market stall in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
In September of the same year he crashed again while driving a three-wheel vehicle at a reported speed of 124mph during filming for Top Gear at Elvington Airfield in Yorkshire, but walked away from the incident unharmed.
Former Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond was involved in a serious crash at the same airfield in 2006, leaving him in a coma.