An unnamed motorist speaks as dashcam footage emerges of Raheem Sterling swerving across a motorway just minutes before his crash.
It took place on the M3 southbound in Hampshire last Thursday, close to the Minley Interchange, with police saying that the 31-year-old was arrested on suspicion of drug-driving, and since been bailed under investigation.
His vehicle collided into a barrier, with no other vehicles involved and no injuries reported. But while a source to Raheem Sterling confirmed he had been arrested, they said to BBC Sport that there was “no proof” of drugs in his system.
The video shows him seen holding something while driving his Lamborghini ‘erratically’, pulling in front of another vehicle without indicating, a works van behind him had to brake before Sterling made his way across all three lanes.
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The unnamed motorist said, per the Daily Mail: “I was in the middle lane and without warning a black Lamborghini pulled in front of me, forcing me to slow.
“I dropped back. I’m a driving instructor after all.
“The car turned back into the inside lane but the driver put his foot down and veered right across all three lanes and seemed to just avoid hitting the central reservation.
“It’s a powerful car and he could have easily gone through the central reservation if he’d hit the accelerator.
“A van driver behind him was forced to brake and he then shot off again and turned back across three lanes again into the inside lane.
“This was all caught on dashcam from 8.45am on Thursday. It was just before Junction 4a southbound on the M3.
“The motorist was all over the place but I had no idea it was Raheem Sterling until I saw that he’d been arrested on suspicion of drug-driving by the Minley Interchange.
“I like Raheem but as a driving instructor I’m very concerned.
“He could have easily caused himself – and others – a great deal of harm. He was very fortunate that he did not do so.”
The driving instructor had been with his family on holiday to Dorset.
This is the shocking moment ex-England footballer Raheem Sterling drives his £270,000 Lamborghini erratically and swerves across three lanes on the motorway just moments before crashing 🔗 https://t.co/zgHvzVh7Ey pic.twitter.com/5Et6nfXyRH
— Daily Mail Sport (@MailSport) June 1, 2026
Hampshire Police said to The Sun: “Just before 9am on Thursday, we received reports that a Lamborghini was in collision with barriers on the M3 southbound, close to the Minley Interchange.
“No other vehicles were involved and no injuries were reported.
“The driver, a 31-year-old man, from Berkshire, has been arrested on suspicion of driving a vehicle whilst unfit through drugs, driving dangerously, possession of a Class C drug and failing to provide a specimen. He has been bailed while our enquiries continue.”
The witness told, The Sun: “Just after I got on the M3 westbound I saw a Lamborghini swerving.
“He nearly crashed into the left-hand barrier. He was drifting left into the hard shoulder and almost crashed. I thought there was something up with this guy.
“By this point I’d gone past him in the fast lane and he nearly went into the side of me on the inside lane so I beeped him.
“As I’m looking at him I don’t even think he could hear me beeping.
“He didn’t even acknowledge me beeping. I could just make out a young guy with a white vest on.
“Once I was past him the swerving got much worse. As I got off at the Minley junction (4A) and I was merging left to go over the flyover bridge, he came flying down on my outside.
“He was going fast on the wrong side of the road over the bridge, so four or five cars had to pull over to get out of his way.
“I was still looking in my mirrors because it was inevitable he was going to crash.
“When I was going slowly, he nearly went into the back of me.
“He cut in front of me and then veered left into a barrier and hit the front left of his vehicle and the tyres went about 4ft into the air.
“The car spun about 180 degrees. He would have kept going I’m sure if he hadn’t hit his wheels.
“I was shocked when I found out it was Raheem Sterling at the wheel. I couldn’t believe it. The roads were pretty busy as it was half-term so lots of people were out and about to enjoy the nice weather.”
Witness speaks on Raheem Sterling’s crash; close source says he’s been made to feel ‘worthless’
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