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The 27-year-old 'Jersey Shore' reality star known for her bright, skimpy outfits and loud voice, and has emerged to be one of the most popular "Jersey Shore" cast member Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi was in a minor traffic accident in Florence, Italy. Late on Monday MTV, the network that airs Jersey Shore, released a statement confirming that two cast members were involved in a crash.

Officials in Florence had already banned the MTV production from shooting at some of the most famous locations in the Renaissance city. She was briefly taken into custody by local police after the car she was driving collided with a parked traffic police car. According to Italian police Polizzi was cited and released. MTV says no drug was involved and no one was arrested. The cast is in italy filming the show's fourth season.

TMZ reports that the reality star was driving around the city of Florence when she rammed into a local cop car. Snooki is said to have hit the back of the patrol car and “smooshed” her own vehicle into the space between the cop car and a highway protection wall. A sources told TMZ that Cortese had to climb out the window of the car Snooki was driving, as it was stuck between a highway security wall and the cop car.

She reportedly had to exit the car through a window because the door was blocked by the wall. It is also said that Snooki wasn't arrested but was taken to Florence's central police station to fill out paperwork. Radar Online reports that the two officers in the car The Snookster hit were put on stretchers with their necks stabilized, and taken to Coreggi hospital.