Top Gear star Freddie Flintoff puts TV career on hold after horror car crash on show

thesun.co.uk:

TOP Gear star Freddie Flintoff has put his TV career on hold after his horror car crash on the show. The dad of four, 45, was begged by his family to stay away from work while he recovers from facial injuries.

An insider said he “could have been killed” last month. Freddie needs months off to recover from his traumatic car crash, it was claimed last night.

The ex-cricketer pressed pause on his TV career after pleas from his worried family. They do not want him to return to any of his shows yet, and have asked him to consider quitting Top Gear altogether.

READ MORE ON FREDDIE FLINTOFFOPEN DOOR BBC gives Freddie Flintoff time to decide Top Gear future after horror crashFREDDIE FEARS Freddie Flintoff 'may never return to Top Gear after crash', friends fear A TV insider said: “The full extent of his injuries will surprise many people, as the details of what happened have yet to fully emerge. “He is putting his career on hold until he is in a better place mentally and physically, and can’t say when he will return to making TV shows. “As a loving husband and dad he understands the fear his family feel about what’s happened, knowing that he could have been killed.