Lindsay Lohan charged with leaving scene of an accident in NYC

Lindsay Lohan attends the A&E Networks 2012 Upfront on May 9, 2012, in New York.

/ Getty

(CBS/AP) Lindsay Lohan has been arrested in New York City on charges that she clipped a pedestrian with her car and did not stop, according to police.

Police say the 26-year-old actress was arrested at 2:25 a.m. Wednesday as she left a nightclub at the Dream Hotel on 16th Street in Lower Manhattan. Police say no alcohol was involved.

Lohan was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and causing injury. She was given a ticket and will have to appear in court at a later date.

Her attorneys did not immediately respond to voicemails and emails seeking comment. A phone call to her publicist rang unanswered.

Police say Lohan was driving slowly through an alley between the Dream Hotel and the Maritime Hotel when the accident occurred.

29 Photos

Lindsay Lohan

The victim called 911. He was treated at a hospital for a knee injury and released. According to reports, police have said the man is in his 30s.

Lohan's latest run-in with police comes just weeks after prosecutors in Los Angeles said she would not be charged in connection with a burglary that took place at a Hollywood Hills home where she had been a houseguest.

[Jaylah54200]

Is she *really* that bad of a driver? In which case, how in the world did she ever manage to get her license?

Or maybe there was something besides alcohol involved?

At any rate, somebody lock this idiot up for a good long time. Maybe *that* would get her attention.

[erasmus111]

"Lohan's latest run-in with police comes just weeks after prosecutors in Los Angeles said she would not be charged in connection with a burglary that took place at a Hollywood Hills home where she had been a houseguest."


I never heard about this one.

[MauriaBea]

Who's out walking in an alley at 2:25 in the morning?

[erasmus111]

The same people that are out driving in an alley at 2:25 in the morning.

[lillyhorton]

I understand why she fled. It seems people are out to get her.

[StarNoquisi]

Yeah, like the cops....and rightly so.

[StarNoquisi]

Did anyone see her mother on Dr. Phil Monday? The whole family is eatin' up with "stupid".

[erasmus111]

Yes, I did. Mommy is a freakin' whackjob. She is either crazy, or on drugs.

[formerlyluvnut]

Oh gawd, the drama continues.

[djseavy]

Sooner or later she'll be on the hook for killing someone with her car. She'll be ripped or just acting stupid. A disaster in the making, and I'm sure eventually we'll see a movie about her life. When that airs, I'll be watching reruns of The Waltons.

[Heston2012]

Not for nothing! But the idiots in that area of Manhattan walk around oblivious to their surroundings on the phone, texting ,staring at their navels whatever.....
Not a big LELO fan but some people are just asking to be hit.

[lillyhorton]

Thank you. I'm not a big fan either but I am familiar with careless pedestrians. They act like children who don't know any better.

[sweetcakesmaria]

What you said is probably true but the law still require that you stop and render first aid if possible until authorities arrive. She's has been involved in to many accidents for her not to be aware that you just can't leave the scene of an accident.

[Jhihmoac]

...Wondered how long before this nutjob's antics would get her in the headlines again :P