The incident occured Friday, when Johansson (Lost in Translation, The Island) was on her way to Disneyland with two friends.
According to the police report, the actress was driving a Mercedes and was being pursued by a photographer. In an attempt to evade the photographer, Johansson swerved and hit a car with a woman and her two daughters. No one was injured in the accident.
According to a representative for the actress, "The fender bender was induced by the paparazzi, who chased her for 45 minutes."
This isn’t the first time that a star has been involved in an accident caused by paparazzi. In June, Lindsay Lohan was intentionally hit by a photographer, and Reese Witherspoon was trapped by a group of journalists last April.