Pap Rear-Ends Car Carrying the Jackson Kids
Posted Oct 21st 2009 7:42PM by
TMZ Staff
TMZ has learned
Michael Jackson's kids were involved in a car accident moments ago in Los Angeles.
We're told a paparazzo -- not ours -- was following them when he suddenly rear-ended their car. Our sources say the accident wasn't severe and the kids are okay.
UPDATE: Joe Jackson tells us he spoke with Katherine and the kids are fine.
UPDATE 6:00 PM PT: Sources close to the Jackson family tell us
Grace Rwaramba -- the kids' nanny --was driving the car with the kids inside. We're told the Jackson caravan was on the way to karate class, but the paparazzi gave chase ... and that's when one papper allegedly smashed into the back of the Jackson Escalade that wasn't carrying the kids.
UPDATE 5:45 PM PT: Law enforcement sources tell TMZ the car that was hit was a Jackson security car, which was following the car carrying the Jackson kids. The kids were NOT in the car that was struck by the paparazzo. Cops also tell us a hit-and-run report was taken on the scene around 2:20 PM near the crash site in Sherman Oaks -- just a few miles from the Jackson home in Encino.
UPDATE 5:30 PM PT: Witnesses tell TMZ the driver who struck the Jackson car fled the scene after impact. In California, leaving the scene of an accident without exchanging information is a crime. The D.A. could file a felony hit-and-run charge if the evidence is there.
Story developing...
LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE!!!