January Jones in Car Accident, Flees Scene

By PopEater Staff Posted Jun 11th 2010 09:31AM

'Mad Men' star January Jones allegedly hit three parked cars last night with her Range Rover and fled the scene of the accident, the LAPD tells TMZ.

"I can't deal with this commotion," Jones reportedly told a witness before walking away on foot.

TMZ adds she returned to the scene eventually -- "Police tell us that while officers were on scene investigating, January returned and claimed she fled because paparazzi were trailing her."

But a witness, who owns one of the cars in the accident, tells TMZ what she saw. About 10 minutes after Jones collided with the stationary vehicles, Food Network chef Bobby Flay showed up to the scene and convinced the actress to leave.

This witness claims she was face-to-face with January and smelled alcohol. The 'Mad Men' star then left her license with another resident and left, returning 45 minutes later in a new outfit with gum in her mouth.

The eyewitness then asked the cops if they were going to give Jones a sobriety test upon her return, but the police said there was no way to prove she had been drinking at the time of the crash.

According to TMZ, no one who saw the crash witnessed any paparazzi at the time.

As for Flay's involvement, he tells TMZ that they met for the first time earlier that night and he saw her drink one beer, but wasn't paying close attention. They exchanged numbers because she wanted to redesign her kitchen, but doesn't know why she called him after her accident.

Jones wasn't cited or arrested. Her car, however, is impounded, with an investigation pending, which points to the possibility the vehicle may have been severely damaged.

However, the LAPD tells EW that there is no investigation pending.

Earlier this week, January was spotted taking a "walk of shame" -- she wore a gorgeous dress to an LA function Tuesday night and was snapped getting out of a cab at her home the next morning ... in the same dress. TMZ speculates paparazzi may have been especially thick at the accident due to the walk of shame photo.

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Friday 11 June

By RYAN

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January jones?Well how about september smith?LOL....who in the heck names someone january?good lord.

By Joebudgie

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Who the heck names someone Ryan ?

By Judy

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Actually, there was a character in a Jacqueline Susanne novel ["Once is not Enough"] that was named January Jones, so perhaps that is where her name came from?

By CGee

January Jones IS a well-known star, she is one of the sexy lead characters in the Emmy winning series MAD MEN for the past few years! That's why she is news.

By don pandanell

The same people that name someone Che or Barack.

Saturday 12 June

By matt

BET SHE HAS TO POLISH SOME KNOBS AND MAYBE A DP TO GET OUT OF DIS ONE!

By anne jessen

Did she return with her make-up on?

Yes....but she had on two different colored socks.

SHE RETURNED ALL HOT WET AND STICKY DOWN THERE! IT MUST HAVE BEEN A GOOD TONGUE LASHING. MAYBE GENE SIMMONS WAS IN THERE

By iluvmldr

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She looks like Anna Paquin.

By Joyce Carlile

She looks 100 times better than Anna Paquin.

By Lori

I have never heard of her. But The paparazzi should know better than too release pictures like that. They need too back the you know what up. That just seems like a big invasion of privacy too me. And better yet, what gives them the right too chase someone down the road. Again too me, that would seem like stalking. Our government needs too do something with the paparazzi. They cause too many people too put their life at risk... Enough already

By maryannm22

did we learn nothing from Diana's death?????

By WILL

WHEN IS BRAD PITT GOING TO REALIZE HOW STUPID HE LOOKS IN THOSE RASTA CAPS ? NEVER HIS EGO IS TOO BIG

By bstill

Brad Pitt may have a lot of money but quite frankly I think he's gone freaky friday. He looks like a total f'ng douche bag!

By rob

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maybe he wears it just to piss you off , in that case maybe we should mall go buy one

By Bonbon

LOL, Brad does look like an idiot doesn't he, back to January,she was probably drunk or high on pot that is why she fled!

By Donna

It takes one self righteous person to walk away from a accident, that shes caused herself. I dont know this woman, dont care either. But it would be nice, for her to know shes no better than the rest of the world. Cause and accident, stay there until the police arrive.
She probably did run home to put on some make up, just like a holly wood bimbo would.

By Richard

Who in hell made you Judge and Jury, you are just as ignorant of what happened as the rest of us. Those dammed Photographers are probably to blame and those aholes should be made to stay back 500 feet from anyone who is driving a car. They should also be stopped from staking out actors homes. I know what would happen if they staked out my home, it wouldn't be pretty. Lets leave it at that.

By paul

she ran home cause she smelled of alcohol, but LAPD did nothing!

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