Ex-England footballer Sterling charged with dangerous driving after crashing Lamborghini

Raheem Sterling volition look successful tribunal adjacent period to look charges of unsafe driving and possessing nitrous oxide for wrongful inhalation aft crashing his car into motorway barriers successful May.

The erstwhile England winger, who astir precocious played for Feyenoord successful the Dutch Eredivisie, crashed his Lamborghini into barriers connected the M3 successful Hampshire connected the greeting of Thursday, 28 May.

The 31-year-old was arrested and past released connected bail pending further enquiries.

A Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary spokesperson said: "A operator volition look successful tribunal adjacent period to look charges pursuing a collision connected the M3.

"Raheem Sterling, 31, from Berkshire, has been charged for the pursuing offences: unsafe driving, possession of nitrous oxide for wrongful inhalation, failing to supply a specimen.

"The charges travel pursuing a azygous conveyance collision, involving a Lamborghini, connected the M3 southbound, adjacent to the Minley Interchange [Hampshire], connected 28 May, 2026.

"No different vehicles were progressive and nary injuries were reported. Mr Sterling is owed to look astatine Basingstoke magistrates tribunal connected 15 September."

Police suspected Sterling of "driving a conveyance whilst unfit done drugs," but that has not been included successful the charges.

In May a root adjacent to Sterling told BBC Sport determination was "no proof" of drugs successful his system.

The root added the subordinate had faced "an highly pugnacious mates of years" and had been made to "feel worthless" and "forgotten about".

Sterling has been without a nine since leaving Dutch broadside Feyenoord astatine the extremity of past season.

He joined Feyenoord successful February connected a short-term declaration aft leaving Chelsea by communal consent.

Chelsea paid £47.5m to motion Sterling from Manchester City successful 2022, wherever helium had won 4 Premier League titles, 5 League Cups and 1 FA Cup successful 7 years.

In 2024 the erstwhile Liverpool winger joined Arsenal connected loan, but upon returning to Chelsea successful 2025 was exiled from the first-team squad and made to bid separately.

Sterling earned 82 England caps betwixt 2012 and 2022, and appeared astatine 3 World Cups and 2 European Championships.