"Giants pitcher Barry Zito was transported to a hospital after he was involved in a traffic accident Wednesday night, according to the police department in West Hollywood.

Lt. Ana Brackpool, a watch commander, told The Chronicle that Zito was taken to Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles with unknown injuries. A person who alerted The Chronicle to the accident said it was his understanding Zito was not seriously injured, though he was assisted out of his car by fire personnel. A source said he left the hospital and went home shortly after.

Brackpool said Zito was involved in a two-vehicle accident near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Sunset Plaza Drive in the small suburb of Los Angeles, not far from a home Zito owns in the Hollywood Hills."