From WENN.com

The former Heroes star allegedly ran a red light and crashed her car into another driver who was changing lanes during the incident on 14 November (12).

Panettiere walked away from the accident without sustaining any major injuries, and she has now taken to her Twitter.com page to thank the cops who assisted her following the smash.

In a post, she writes, ""Thank you to the Nashville police department. Was in a scary accident and they were great!""