BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) – Lindsay
Lohan was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence
after her convertible struck a curb, and investigators found
what they believe is cocaine at the scene, police said.
Lohan, 20, and two other people were in her 2005
Mercedes SL-65 when it crashed on Sunset Boulevard around 5:30
a.m. Saturday, Sgt. Mike Foxen said. It appeared Lohan was
speeding, Lt. Mitch McCann said at an afternoon news conference.
Officers at the scene found a "usable amount" of
a drug tentatively identified as cocaine, McCann said. He
declined to say where the drug was found other than to say Lohan
was not carrying it.
Lohan, who spent time at a rehabilitation center
earlier this year, was driven in another car to a hospital for
treatment of minor injuries, McCann said. The two other people
in her car were not hurt.
Officers received an emergency call about the
accident and arrested Lohan at the hospital for investigation of
misdemeanor driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs,
McCann said.
She was released from custody because she was
admitted to the hospital, police said.
McCann declined to comment on Lohan's
blood-alcohol level. He said the case will be presented to the
District Attorney's Office where the actress could face more
charges, including felonies. Her tentative arraignment date is
Aug. 24.
Lohan will have to appear in court to answer the
citation, first reported on the Web site of X17 Inc., a
celebrity photo agency.
The crash was Lohan's third accident in about
two years. In October 2005, Lohan and a passenger received minor
injuries when her convertible hit a van in West Hollywood.
Authorities said the van driver, who also received minor
injuries, was at fault.
Months earlier, Lohan collided with a minivan
when she made a U-turn as the van, carrying paparazzi, followed
her from a Los Angeles restaurant. A photographer was arrested
for investigation of assault with a deadly weapon but
prosecutors declined to charge him.
That crash was credited with prompting Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign a law that set steep financial
penalties for paparazzi who commit assaults while trying to
obtain celebrity photos.
Lohan publicist Leslie Sloane Zelnik did not
immediately return an e-mail requesting comment.
Lohan said in January that she had checked into
a rehabilitation center for substance abuse treatment. Her
publicist confirmed in December that the actress was attending
Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
Lohan told Allure magazine during an interview
for its May issue that she decided to enter the secluded
Wonderland Center at the suggestion of her therapist.
"It's so weird that I went to rehab. I always
said I would die before I went to rehab," Lohan told the
publication.
Lohan's latest movie, "Georgia Rule," is in
theaters now. The actress' other screen credits include "Mean
Girls," "Bobby," "A Prairie Home Companion" and "Freaky Friday."