New York ( CNN ) -- Oft-troubled actress Lindsay Lohan has had another brush with the law , charged by police with leaving the scene of an accident in New York early Wednesday . Lohan was driving her Porsche Cayenne into the parking lot of the Dream Hotel off West 16th Street when she allegedly hit an employee of the restaurant next door , said Sgt . John Buthorn , a New York Police Department spokesman . The entertainer kept driving before parking her car and apparently leaving the scene shortly after midnight , Buthorn said . Police arrested her about 2:30 a.m. , and she was later released on her own recognizance . Celebrities behaving badly : Celebrity mugshots . The restaurant employee was hospitalized with a knee injury , Buthorn said . A representative for Lohan sent CNN a statement , which read : `` While some of the facts are still being gathered , it appears that this is much ado about nothing . We are confident this matter will be cleared up in the coming weeks and the claims being made against Lindsay will be proven untrue . '' The former child star is trying to make a career comeback after six years of legal troubles . Earlier this year , Lohan completed five years of felony probation mandated after two drunken driving incidents in 2007 . Since January of that year , she has spent 250 days in five rehab facilities dealing with drug and alcohol addiction . Buthorn said police do not suspect drugs or alcohol played a role in the latest incident . In addition , Lohan spent six short stints totaling less than two weeks in the Los Angeles County jail as well as 35 days of home confinement . Last month , Los Angeles County prosecutors released a report saying that Lohan , who is still on probation for a 2011 shoplifting incident , was a suspect in a burglary at a Hollywood home . However , prosecutors determined they did not have enough evidence to charge her . LiLo : Why has n't a certain Nickelodeon star gone to jail ? CNN 's Leigh Remizowski and Alan Duke contributed to this report .
NEW : A Lohan representative says incident appears to be ` ` much ado about nothing '' Actress is charged with leaving the scene of an accident . Police say she struck a construction worker with her car while driving into a parking lot . Employee survives with a knee injury ; Lohan was released on her own recognizance .