Gino D’Acampo suffered horror crash with ‘blood everywhere’ that left star bedridden and cast ‘offered counselling’
GINO D'Acampo was left needing treatment from medics after a horror accident on the set of a new ITV show.
A disastrous taboggan stunt which ocurred during shooting for an upcoming travel show, which left the star bedridden and cast and crew have been 'offered counselling'.
The Sun revealed last night that Gino, 47, had been filming with pal Fred Sirieix for a new ITV show, Emission Impossible, in Vienna on October 18 when the scary incident took place.
Three other people were caught up in the horror accident, which saw Gino hurtling down a 200ft slide on a toboggan while holding a cocktail glass.
A mother and her two sons crashed at 30mph, causing an ambulance to be called for them while Gino was also treated at the scene.
A source told The Sun: “There was blood everywhere and one of the boys had blood pouring from his mouth,
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“The mum and her other child had concussion and an ambulance was immediately called as Gino was treated on-site.
“Crew were understandably shaken and the shoot was immediately halted.
“ITV had real duty of care concerns and immediately offered counselling to anyone who may have been upset by what they saw."
Following the smash, Gino later came down with a temperature of 40.3 degrees and was bed-ridden — for which he blames filming “12-14 hour days” in freezing conditions.
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The incident has echoes of Freddie Flintoff's recent accident while filming Top Gear, which saw him awarded with a reported £9million payout.
Last night, Gino broke his silence on the incident, telling The Sun: “It was the worst shoot of our life.
“I am shocked I have not had a phone call from ITV to see how I am and I cannot wait to talk to them about all of this.
“After 22 years of working with them, I am in an accident and I get ill, and yet I don’t get a phone call; I smell a fish. I think ITV have no idea what happened.”
He and Fred are said to have flagged concerns about health and safety to production during filming.
Shooting the show has been permanently halted.
