Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Bake Off star John Whaite says he was rushed to hospital after being hit by a car on Tuesday night (6 January). The Strictly Come Dancing finalist, who won the third series of The Great British Bake Off in 2012, shared details of the close call in an Instagram Story. “Last night I got run over (seriously),” the 36-year-old wrote. “I rolled up the bonnet damaging it and the windscreen, before splatting onto the road and crawling to the pavement, where some angel of a human threw his coat around me and waited with me for an ambulance.” He claimed the doctors who treated him at the hospital had said the crash “could have been fatal” had he not been “16 stone of muscle”. “Moral of the story, build strong muscle and core strength, and don’t wear black while crossing the …