JAMIE LYNN SPEARS' boyfriend CASEY ALDRIDGE has been released from hospital following a car crash - but is facing misdemeanour charges over the smash.

Casey, the father of Jamie Lynn's 10-month-old daughter MADDIE, was airlifted to safety on Sunday after swerving his truck into a ditch following a night of celebrations at a cousin's bachelor party.

The 20-year-old was treated for mild brain trauma and a fractured skull at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.

But police chiefs have charged him with a misdemeanour charge of careless operation of a vehicle - although they have ruled out both drink and drugs as a cause of the accident

Casey is now back home with his family after being discharged from hospital on Friday.

A source says: "Casey got home, and he's doing really well. He'll have to have some rest for the next few weeks. He's still got a headache, but everything looks good."

Casey was one of three people injured in the incident when they were thrown from the vehicle as it flipped over. Two other passengers escaped unscathed.