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A Defamer operative just forwarded us this photo of the scene unfolding a little while ago across the street from the Standard Hotel on the Strip, where a local CBS news van suffered a fender bender. The circumstances of the accident are unclear, but our spy notes, "Oddly enough, the van had been stopped at the light at Sweetzer. So it's not like it had been barreling down the street." We hope that the vehicle wasn't headed to Paris Hilton's new minimum security detention facility, as any delays suffered as a result of the collision would certainly compromise the CBS affiliate's ability to provide up-to-the-minute footage of the outside of the mansion-confined heiress's home.