Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew reveals Pape Souare suffered broken leg in motorway crash

Daily Mail | September 12, 2016

Crystal Palace defender Pape Souare is set for a prolonged period out of action after breaking his leg in a motorway horror crash.

Souare was cut from the mangled wreckage of his £130,000 car by a team of rescuers following his horror crash on the M4 near Heathrow Airport on Sunday.

And Palace boss Alan Pardew has revealed the extent of the injuries suffered by the 26-year-old in the smash.

This is the moment footballer Pape Souare was pulled from the wreckage of his crashed car

A team of rescuers battled to free the Senegalese defender, who suffered head and leg injuries

The roof of the Mercedes was cut from it so rescuers to get to the 26-year-old

The mangled metal of the 4x4 was left at the side of the road following Sunday's incident

'He's not in a good way in terms of football; I think he's broken his leg so maybe not so good but thankfully he looks sound other than that, just a bit bashed up,' he told Sky Sports.