A private prosecution against Crystal Palace footballer Pape Souare for the car crash that nearly ended his career has been dropped.
The 28 year-old left-back appeared at Isleworth Crown Court last year accused of dangerous driving by another motorist involved in the motorway smash.
The Senegal international suffered a broken right thigh and jaw and had to be cut from the wreckage of his £135,000 black Mercedes G63 SUV and airlifted to hospital.
The court has now revealed the summons brought against the star of driving dangerously on the M4 on September 11, 2016 was dismissed earlier this year.
Souare always intended to fight the case and was prepared for a jury trial at the court.
The prosecution was brought by Darshan Dube, 35, of Cranbourne Road, Slough, who was charged by the police with driving his 2.5 litre BMW without due care and attention.
Souare, who recently returned to first-team action after 373 days out, was a prosecution witness in that case.
He lives in a Thameside apartment in Lambeth Embankment and was a £3.5m signing by the Eagles from French club Reims in January, 2015.
After dropping off a friend at Heathrow Airport he crashed the vehicle into the central reservation and firefighters had to slice off the roof to rescue him from the wreckage.
He was taken by helicopter to the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel.
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