Nicole Richie and a friend were driving in Beverly Hills today when she was rear-ended by some paparazzi following her.

“Ms. Richie was driving with a passenger around 2 p.m. when she was struck by two photographers driving in one vehicle behind her,” said Lt Tony Lee of the Beverly Hills Police. “She complained of pain, and her passenger is transporting her to a local hospital. Her car sustained moderate damage. No paramedics were called to the scene.”

Thankfully the accident doesn’t look like it was too bad, I just hope that Nicole didn’t suffer from bad whiplash or anything related to that.  Plus, it is a blessing that the kids weren’t with her at the time. That could have been really bad!

The crappy paparazzi has been arrest and booked for lack of a proper driver’s license,

“officers could not verify his identification,” Lt. Lee added. “He’s being physically brought into the station. This will likely be a misdemeanor traffic violation, and the photographer’s vehicle will be towed.”

Feel better soon, Nicole!

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