9/2/2006

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Comedian Ellen DeGeneres' Porsche was hit by a suspected drunken driver.

Michelle Vaccaro

Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and girlfriend Portia de Rossi suffered back pains from a car accident that occurred Friday afternoon in Los Angeles. DeGeneres and de Rossi were stopped at a light on Sunset Blvd. in DeGeneres' 2006 Porsche Carrera when the collision took place. A woman driving a 2002 Porsche Carrera slammed her car into a 2002 Buick Le Sabre. The Le Sabre, which contained two 20-something-year-old men, then hit into DeGeneres' car. DeGeneres' Porsche received minor damages.  
  
No one was seriously injured in the incident. De Rossi complained of back pains while DeGeneres also had some neck pain. The two men received scratches. The woman who started the accident was treated for minor cuts on her leg and is suspected for drunken driving.