A BBC presenter has been hospitalised for a collapsed lung after jumping into a lake during a family holiday.Chemmy Alcot shared a video on Instagram on Thursday (13 August) of herself diving off a five-metre platform into Lake Annecy in the French Alps.“Most people badly time a front flip off a five-metre platform and get winded,” she said. “I apparently don't do things by halves. Collapsed lung, chest drain and a very expensive lesson in rotation.”The alpine race skier also shared images of herself in a hospital bed with wires sticking out of her body. “I absolutely LOVED Annecy… but I’m not entirely sure it loved me back,” she wrote in the post’s caption.
BBC star suffers ‘collapsed lung’ after jumping into a lake during family holiday
A BBC presenter has been hospitalised for a collapsed lung after jumping into a lake during a family holiday. Chemmy Alcot shared a video on Instagram on Thursday (13 August) of herself diving off a five-metre platform into Lake Annecy in the French Alps. “Most people badly time a front flip off a five-metre platform and get winded,” she said. “I apparently don't do things by halves. Collapsed lung, chest drain and a very expensive lesson in rotation.” The alpine race skier also shared images of herself in a hospital bed with wires sticking out of her body. “I absolutely LOVED Annecy… but I’m not entirely sure it loved me back,” she wrote in the post’s caption.
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