Andrew Flintoff says he “arrives slowly” and is “probably in a better place” after putting the car accident that changes his life which, according to him, had killed him.
The former cricket captain in England underwent a serious accident during the shooting of Top Gear in 2022 which left him with lasting face.
He talks about the incident in Disney + Documentary ‘Flintoff’, which is published on Friday, falling into the details of the immediate consequences and the way he had trouble dealing with the benefits.
“ After the accident, I did not think I had it in me to pass ”
The 47 -year -old man, who now leads the Lions of England, said in the show: “I thought I was dead because I was aware but I couldn’t see anything. I thought:” Is that? “”
“After the accident, I didn’t think I had done it in me to pass.
“I didn’t want to kill myself … I wouldn’t confuse both things. I didn’t want, I just thought:” It would have been so much easier “.
“Now, I’m trying to take the attitude that the sun will get up tomorrow and my children will always hug me. I’m probably in a better place now.
“I don’t think I’m ever going to be better … just different now. I get there slowly.”
Flintoff Rachael’s wife: I think the cricket saved it
Flintoff has also led to a hundred super-chargers from the northern team since his accident, the wife Rachael saying: “I think the cricket has saved him. It gave him a reason to be again.”
The documentary presents an appearance of the surgeon Jahrad Haq, who describes Flintoff’s injuries as one of the five worst he met in 20 years.
Flintoff says: “I remember that my head was touched, I was dragged. I went over the car and it pulled my face on the track, about 50 meters, under the car.
“My biggest fear was that I didn’t think I had a face. I thought my face had come off. I was afraid to death.
“Even the memories are real, to the point where I am talking about it now and I become a little nervous and I can feel the pain on the side of my face.
“I can feel like ghost pain. It’s really like a little curse.”
The BBC “rested” the Top Gear in the foreseeable future in 2023 after reaching a financial settlement with Flintoff, worth around 9 million pounds sterling.
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