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Lindsay Lohan Arrested After "Injuring" Pedestrian In Meatpacking District
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Jen Chung
Published Sep 19, 2012
Modified Sep 19, 2012
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Lindsay, Lindsay, Lindsay. Lindsay Lohan, the child star-turned-troubled starlet, was arrested this morning at 2:30 a.m. for leaving the scene of an accident and causing injury after allegedly striking a pedestrian while driving in the Meatpacking District.
According to police, the incident occurred in the alleyway between the Maritime Hotel and Dream Downtown on West 16th Street. Lohan, 26, was driving a 2010 black Porsche Cayenne SUV and was apparently attempting to drive past a crowd when she allegedly hit a 34-year-old man after midnight. The Daily News spoke to a police source who said, "She's driving in this freight area, going very slow. "She's hitting her horn because there's a lot of people in the area. The crowd moves but she kind of brushes against this one guy... He runs up to her, tells her she hit him. They get out of the car, there's some interaction with her, her entourage and the guy."
However, Lohan and her companions (the police said she was with two males) went into the Dream Downtown, so the victim called the cops. The victim also said he had a knee injury and went to Bellevue Hospital.
Lohan was issued a desk appearance ticket. The Post says, "It seems that alcohol was not involved in the incident, but the arrest could trigger a probation violation in Lohan's jewelry theft case."
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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