The eldest son of Top Gear's Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff is reported to have said the presenter is "lucky to be alive" after being injured in an accident while filming for the BBC show.
Sixteen-year-old Corey Flintoff is quoted by MailOnline as saying: "He's OK. I'm not too sure what happened but he is lucky to be alive.
"It was a pretty nasty crash. It is shocking. We are all shocked but just hope he's going to be OK."
The incident happened on Tuesday morning while the 45-year-old former professional cricketer was filming at the Top Gear test track at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey.
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."
The father-of-four, who has presented the BBC One show since 2019, was airlifted to hospital following the incident, with The Sun later reporting that he did not suffer any life-threatening injuries.
Flintoff, who was appointed England cricket captain twice, first in 2006 and again in 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.
In 2010, Flintoff became a team captain on Sky's A League of Their Own, hosted by James Corden.
Flintoff won 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.
In October 2018, he was announced as the new co-host of Top Gear alongside Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris.
Tuesday's accident is not the first involving 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. He 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 for two weeks. He returned to the show the following year.
Source: Press Association
