Lindsay Lohan has suffered minor injuries after being involved in a car accident with a photographer.

The actress, 18, was being pursued by paparazzo Galo Cesar Ramirez when - according to police - he intentionally crashed his minivan into her Mercedes Benz coupe.

Lohan suffered a cut to her ankle and also complained of pain in her neck. Minutes before the accident she had phoned police to complain that she was being chased.

Ramirez, 24, was booked for assault with a deadly weapon and an outstanding warrant for misdemeanour marijuana possession.