Big Bang Theory actress Mayim Bialik has been involved in a car accident in Los Angeles, reports TMZ, and she has been hospitalized with a serious injury to her hand.

UPDATE, 8:15 p.m. ET: Bialik is tweeting and seems to be doing OK. She wrote a short time ago:

"(husband typing) In pain but will keep all my fingers."

People.com quotes LAPD's Sgt. Monte Houze as saying Bialik suffered a "a severe injury to her left thumb" and was taken to a local hospital.

AP reports that Los Angeles police spokesman Richard French says the 36-year-old actress's left hand and thumb were cut severely.

According to police, a car with three occupants made a left turn and crashed into Bialik's vehicle shortly before noon Wednesday. The other car's driver and passengers suffered minor injuries and left the scene on their own.

Deadline.com reports Bialik plans to be at work on Thursday on TheBig Bang Theory set.

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The accident reportedly occurred this afternoon as Bialik traveled through an intersection in a white Volvo. Witnesses at the scene tell TMZ that Bialik's finger was nearly severed in the crash and that there was lots of blood.

Bialik's rep has not yet responded to Lifeline Live's request for confirmation of and details about the accident.

In happier news, Bialik, who first achieved stardom as a child star on the '90s sitcom Blossom, received her first Emmy nomination last month for her work on Big Bang.