Actress Scarlett Johansson was involved in a car accident just outside Disneyland when her Mercedes hit another car as she was trying to escape chasing paparazzi.

According to witnesses, Scarlett, 21, was driving her car, accompanied by two pals, near the entrance, when she band away to get rid of the chasing paparazzi and hit another vehicle containing a woman and her two young daughters.

An onlooker says: "The front of Scarlett's Mercedes damaged the side of the other car pretty badly.

Scarlett looked really shaken up and when both cars pulled over in a safe spot, she apologised profusely to the other woman. After that, they spent around 40 minutes on their phones, sorting out all of their insurance and legal paperwork."

Soon after the incident, a Mercedes representative showed up with a new car for the actress, so she can go home safely.

Johansson's publicist Marcel Parideau states: "The fender bender was induced by the paparazzi, which chased her for 45 minutes."