Fresh from his weekend appearances at Phoenix Comicon, Star Trek: The Next Generation’s LeVar Burton was involved in a non-injury traffic accident this morning, with the twist that his Lexus was rear-ended by a police car. TMZ was on the scene and talked to Burton about the incident. Watch that below.

Burton rear ended by LAPD

LeVar Burton was being stopped by the LAPD this morning (for failure to yield to a pedistiran according to TMZ), however he ended up getting rear-ended by the police car. TMZ talked to Burton after the incidenent and he revealed that due to the circumstances the police didn’t give him a ticket. Watch the video below.

Burton also tweeted about the incident

Sigh! Was just involved in a rear end collision. There was no need call police… #bydhttmwfi #protectandserve? twitpic.com/9qcwae — LeVar Burton (@levarburton) May 28, 2012

Thanks to Hal for the tip