Shia LaBeoufShia LaBeouf has been cleared of blame in his car crash at the weekend.

The Indiana Jones star’s car was flipped onto its roof after it was hit during a left-hand turn in West Hollywood in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police at the scene noted that Shia was showed “obvious signs of intoxication from the smell of alcohol coming from his breath” and he was cited with a misdemeanour level DUI, pending results of a toxicology test.

However, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said yesterday that while he still may be charged over the drink-driving, he wasn’t responsible for the crash: “LaBoeuf has been determined at this stage not to have caused the accident. We have strong evidence that the other driver ran a red light.

“They will now be listed as Party One on the report, indicating they were at fault.”

Shia underwent “extensive surgery” on his left hand after the incident and was also treated for minor injuries to his knee and head. The other driver and Shia’s passenger, his Transformers co-star Isabel Lucas were also treated for minor injuries.

In related news, Shia has hinted that he finds it difficult to drink in moderation.

Speaking in an interview with Details magazine before the weekend’s crash, he revealed that he and his father would “drink together and smoke together” when he was growing up and it has warped his attitude to alcohol: “It’s just a bad deal. It’s not something that is conducive to being a role model - no iconic actors that I know of have problems like that.

“And I don’t know how to do it like a gentleman. I don’t know how to have one drink.”

The interview is set to be published in the September issue of the magazine.