Jackson Family Car Hit By Paparazzi – Kids Not Harmed

First Published: October 22, 2009 12:41 PM EDT Credit: AFP/Getty Images

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Paris, Blanket and Prince Michael I at the public memorial for Michael Jackson, Los Angeles, July 7, 2009An overly aggressive photographer caused an accident Wednesday in LA with the Jackson family caravan as the late singer’s children were on their way to karate class, Access Hollywood has confirmed.

A family source confirmed to Access that the children’s nanny, Grace Rwaramba, was driving the kids at the time of the incident but that it was a security car that was struck by the photographer. None of Jackson’s children were in the car involved and they were unharmed.

“The damage was minor and there were no injuries,” LAPD Sgt. Ann Pickering told People. “A report was taken and it’s under investigation.”

TMZ reported that witnesses saw the driver who hit the Jackson car flee the scene after the crash.

Leaving the site of an accident without exchanging information is a crime in California. The unidentified driver could face a felony hit-and-run charge.

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