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Tarrant wife in truck crash scare | Tarrant wife in truck crash scare |
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The estranged wife of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? host Chris Tarrant was left "shaken" after a huge truck she was driving flipped over onto its roof. | The estranged wife of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? host Chris Tarrant was left "shaken" after a huge truck she was driving flipped over onto its roof. |
Ingrid Tarrant, 52, was attempting to drive the truck over a ramp at Silverstone racing car circuit in Northamptonshire for a television show. | Ingrid Tarrant, 52, was attempting to drive the truck over a ramp at Silverstone racing car circuit in Northamptonshire for a television show. |
Doctors have given Mrs Tarrant the all-clear but she was said to be shaken by the crash. | Doctors have given Mrs Tarrant the all-clear but she was said to be shaken by the crash. |
Mrs Tarrant was competing with pop star Gary Numan in a driving challenge. | |
The pair were supposed to drive Bigfoot 4x4 trucks at speed up a ramp then land on three parked cars for Sky One show The Race. | The pair were supposed to drive Bigfoot 4x4 trucks at speed up a ramp then land on three parked cars for Sky One show The Race. |
A show spokesman said: "She hit the ramp at about 40mph and the truck flipped four metres in mid-air, rolled and came down on its roof. | A show spokesman said: "She hit the ramp at about 40mph and the truck flipped four metres in mid-air, rolled and came down on its roof. |
"Paramedics and an ambulance crew rushed to the truck and managed to get her out. | "Paramedics and an ambulance crew rushed to the truck and managed to get her out. |
"She was taken to the medical centre on site and treated by staff." | "She was taken to the medical centre on site and treated by staff." |
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