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George Michael at car wheel after accident with truck ALEX T-ELOBY/XPOSURE

Berkshire, England – BBC News reports that police were called to an accident involving singer George Michael whose silver Land Rover crashed into a seven ton truck, two miles north of the M4, on the A34 in Berkshire in the early hours of Friday morning (August 14).

George Michael was arrested and questioned on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Michael’s silver Range Rover slammed into a seven-ton truck at high speed on the A34 just after 1am.

The tests on George at a police station proved negative and the 46-year-old singer was released without charge.

Michael only recently got his licence back after a two-year ban for drug-driving in 2007.

ANTHONY FRANCE Crime Reporter reports:

Onlookers thought Michael was DEAD as he sat dazed in the wrecked SUV for ten minutes near Newbury, Berks.

Shaken trucker Lawrie Rowe, 43, said: “He must have been doing 100mph. When he got out he couldn’t walk straight.”

Lawrie of Middlesbrough, said: “I was driving at 45mph in the inside lane when I saw a car come speeding up behind me, its lights on full beam.

“It must have been doing about 100mph and was weaving all over the place as if it was overtaking and undertaking. It smashed into the back of my cab and I felt a hell of a thump.

“His car went spinning across the outside lane and into the central barrier before bouncing back into my cab. He then hit the barrier again.”

Lawrie was in his seven-ton Volvo 440 in a convoy of three trucks heading from Peterborough to Southampton.

He said: “I pulled over and called the police and ambulance.

“There was no movement from his car for what seemed like ten minutes. I was really shaken and thought someone had died.

“The Range Rover’s bonnet was sticking up, the front panels were missing and all the windows were shattered.

“There were big scrape marks along the full length of the vehicle. It was blocking the road.

“Eventually the guy got out of his car. He came over to my cab and asked if I had stopped to give him a lift. I was stunned.

“He was absolutely not with it, so I told him no. But he insisted and came around the other side of the truck and tried to get in the passenger door.

“When it finally dawned on him that I wouldn’t give in, he walked off down the verge.

“He was quite merry and wanted a lift but didn’t say where to. He was wearing glasses, a black baseball cap, a tight-fitting black T-shirt, black trousers and Crocs shoes. He carried a satchel.”

Clive Butterfield, 48, who was driving the truck in front of Lawrie’s said: “How he got out alive is beyond me. It’s a miracle.

“The left side of the Range Rover was non-existent. He walked up and asked for a lift. We said he had to wait for the police.” Driver David Hooper, 50, added: “He was strolling along a dual carriageway, totally away with the fairies.” Lawrie said: “When police arrived I said the guy looked like George Michael. They told me it was. He couldn’t walk in a straight line.”

Two years ago, Michael was banned from driving for 24 months after pleading guilty to driving while unfit through drugs after being accused of colliding with three parked cars and driving off without notifying the owners.

He was also twice cautioned for possessing cannabis after being found asleep at the wheel of his car on two separate occasions in 2006.

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