Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore said the unidentified man was carrying a camera with a large, telephoto lens when he collided with the side of Hathaway's Audi Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.
"If he's not a paparazzo, he's an avid bird watcher," Whitmore said of the suspected paparazzo who fled the scene and had yet to be arrested.
Hathaway, 27, was a passenger inside the vehicle at the time of the incident.
The "Rachel Getting Married" actress's boyfriend, Adam Shulman, was driving, Whitmore said.
The Times reported Hathaway and Shulman were not hurt.
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