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Shia LaBeouf won’t face DUI charges for the July 27 car accident that crushed his hand, the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.

“After reviewing the case, we’ve declined to file any charges due to insufficient evidence,” says DA spokeswoman Jane Robison.

Following the crash, the 22-year-old Transformers star was cited with misdemeanor DUI while he was still at the hospital.

Prosecutors instead plan to file criminal charges against the other driver, who was found to have run a red light, Robison says.

“We’re very happy with the prosecutor’s decision, and we’re glad this whole thing resolved without Shia having to go to court,” LaBeouf’s attorney Michael Norris tells PEOPLE

Although the DA rejected the case, LaBeouf still faces a DMV hearing Friday and the possible suspension of his driver’s license, L.A. County Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore tells PEOPLE.

“When an individual refuses to take a blood alcohol test, that person’s license is automatically suspended for six to nine months,” says Whitmore.

At the Sept. 16 premiere of his new movie Eagle Eye, LaBeouf’s hand was in a white protective guard and he kept it in his pocket most of the night.

“I’m just propped up right now to do Transformers 2,” LaBeouf told PEOPLE. “Then, when I get another surgery, I’ll start recovering. Right now, I’m getting through.”

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Actor Shia LaBeouf was due to return to the set of the Transformers sequel on Thursday, less than three weeks after he shattered his left wrist in a car crash.

The 22-year-old, who was out and about in Los Angeles on Wednesday, underwent extensive hand surgery following the wreck and is still wearing a brace on his wrist.

His fingernails remain black due to bruising and bleeding under skin.

The Indiana Jones star was arrested on a suspicion of drink-driving when his Ford pick-up truck collided with another vehicle at a junction in West Hollywood around 3am on 27 July.

LaBeouf was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after injuring his left hand, head and knee.

The star was attempting a left turn at the crossroads of La Brea Avenue and Fountain Avenue when he collided with an oncoming vehicle and flipped his car.

The contents of LaBeouf’s car, including pizza boxes containing hot pizza, a brand new toilet seat in its box and a rucksack were thrown out of the car and strewn across the road.

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sgt. Scott Wolf said: ‘It was immediately apparent to officers responding on the scene that LaBeouf was intoxicated and he was subsequently placed under arrest.’

LaBeouf was booked for a misdemeanour charge of driving under the influence.

His female passenger and the driver of the other vehicle were not seriously injured in the smash.

However, police spokesman Steve Whitmore announced two days after the crash that LaBeouf ‘was not at fault’.

‘We have strong evidence that the other driver ran a red light,’ he added.

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MOMENTS before he got in a crash Saturday night that ended with him being charged with DUI, “Transformers” star Shia LaBeouf was “pounding shots and acting really crazy” at LA bar Troubadour, spies said. “He was pounding drinks and shots while listening to the band Lemon Sun before he took off,” said one. LaBeouf’s “Transformers” co-star, Isabel Lucas, was in the car at the time of the crash. LaBeouf apparently picked up his partying ways from his father. He tells this month’s Details he used to drink and smoke with his dad, a former heroin junkie who now lives in LaBeouf’s garage. “We would drink together and smoke together, and it’s just a bad deal. It’s not something that is conducive to being a role model . . . And I don’t know how to do it like a gentleman. I don’t know how to have one drink.” A rep for LaBeouf declined to comment.

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Shia LaBeouf was not to blame for an early-morning car wreck in Los Angeles, authorities said Tuesday, pinning fault on the other driver for apparently running a red light.

Also Tuesday, a person close to production of the “Transformers” sequel said LaBeouf’s passenger in the accident was Isabel Lucas, the 23-year-old Australian who plays a supporting role. The person asked not to be named because he was not authorized to release the information.

Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore says detectives have determined that the other driver, who has not been identified, ran the light and will also be cited. LaBeouf was booked for a misdemeanor DUI and underwent surgery for injuries to his left hand.

“He was not at fault,” Whitmore said of the “Transformers” actor.

LaBeouf’s pickup truck collided with another vehicle at 3 a.m. Sunday in West Hollywood. Lucas and the driver of the other vehicle were not seriously injured.

Lucas, who has not yet appeared in any American films but has several upcoming projects, has returned to production on “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” which is due out next June, the person said. Melissa Kates, a publicist for LaBeouf, said he plans to return to work within a month.

LaBeouf was trying to make a left turn at the West Hollywood intersection of LaBrea and Fountain avenues when his pickup collided with another vehicle, rolling the truck over.

“It was immediately apparent to officers responding on the scene that LaBeouf was intoxicated and he was subsequently placed under arrest,” Sgt. Scott Wolf said on Sunday.

Two attorneys listed for LaBeouf have not returned calls from The Associated Press.