London, April 24 -- Andrew Flintoff has given his first account of the car crash he was in while filming Top Gear, saying he thought he "was dead" in the immediate aftermath.

The England cricketer-turned-TV presenter sustained serious facial and rib injuries when the three-wheeler car he was driving for the BBC motoring programme rolled over in 2022.

Speaking in a new Disney+ documentary, 'Freddie' Flintoff said that despite the trauma, he "remembers everything about it".

"I thought I was dead, because I was conscious but I couldn't see anything," he recalled.

"I was thinking, is that it? Is that it? You know what I mean? Just black for the rest of my days?

"My hat came over my eyes - so I pulled my hat up and I thought, no I'm not [de...