LaBeouf’s Hand Healing Well, Says Lucas

Australian actress Isabel Lucas has revealed that her Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen co-star and partner-in-crime, Shia LaBeouf, is recovering well after his car accident last month.

“We’re both fine, and Shia’s fine as well,” the 23-year-old told Access Hollywood on the red carpet of Hayden Panettiere’s Whaleman Foundation Benefit. “His hand is healing well.”

LaBeouf’s left hand was seriously injured in the July 27 crash in Hollywood, and required “extensive surgery” to fix. At one point, it was reported that the 22-year-old might have been forced to have his pinky amputated, but the actor’s rep has denied such claims.

Lucas, a passenger in LaBeouf’s vehicle at the time of the accident, was not injured, and returned to the set of Transformers 2 unharmed.

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Lucas: “Shia Wasn’t Drunk”

Beatrice Lucas, the mother of actress Isabel Lucas – who was invovled in the Shia LaBeouf crash over the weekend – says her daughter is now out of hospital and back at work on the Transformers 2 set.

“There has been an enormous media thing with this in the [United] States,” Ms. Lucas told The Cairns Post.

“From Isabel’s perspective, it was just a normal car accident.”

“She’s back at work now,” Ms. Lucas added.

However, neither Beatrice or her daughter believes that LaBeouf was drunk when he crashed.

“Isabel would not get into the car with someone she thought was drink-driving,” Ms. Lucas said from her North Queensland home.

Obviously Isabel’s perception of “drunk” is a little off – police on the scene cited LaBeouf as being under the influence of alcohol, and the Indiana Jones star himself said that he simply doesn’t know how to have “just one drink.”

Earlier today, it was revealed that LaBeouf wasn’t the primary cause of the accident. A spokesperson for the L.A. Sheriff’s Department told the media that the driver of the other vehicle ran a red light; however, LaBeouf is still being charged for a misdemeanor DUI.

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