Report: Woman, 88, wants James to cover damages -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ESPN.com news services LeBron James' sports utility vehicle has become almost as newsworthy as the Ohio high school basketball star himself. Not a good thing, considering its history. On the same day the Ohio High School Athletic Association said the purchase of the $50,000 Hummer for James did not violate its amateur rules, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that James' ride was involved in a traffic accident Friday near his school. According to an Akron police dispatcher's report obtained by the Plain Dealer and the newspaper's interviews with the driver of the other vehicle and James' attorney, 88-year-old Iola Winston of Akron was stopped in her Dodge Stratus at a red light at an intersection near St. Vincent-St. Mary High School. James, in the driver's seat of his Hummer, was waiting at the light in front of her. Suddenly, James' Hummer started rolling backward and collided with Winston's car, smashing her hood and radiator, Winston told the newspaper. She said James hopped out and walked over to her car. He told her that he didn't see her car there, she said. "He got my telephone number and said, 'I'll get someone to fix it,' and then he took off," Winston told the Plain Dealer. James had a cell phone, she said, and he appeared to punch in her telephone number. She said James did not provide his number. James' attorney, Fred Nance, speaking for the player and his family, told the newspaper James wanted to call the police but Winston said, "No, it is not necessary," and instead the two "exchanged contact information." Winston, who said she was not hurt, drove her car for about two miles until she said it "stopped." She phoned her brother, who called police. Officers Nicholas P. Jamison and William A. Lagasse were dispatched about 6 p.m., according to the police call report. The report said the "caller and parties were advised" and that Winston declined to file an accident report. Winston's brother, Alfred Bell, said his sister was "really upset." The car was towed to Spitzer Motors on East Market Street, Winston and Bell said. Winston said she wanted to file a report and police told her they would come back to write up a report if James did not call her. Initially, the incident was categorized as a "hit and skip" but was later amended to a "traffic accident with no injuries," according to the dispatcher's report. "But for the fact [LeBron] is who he is, it should be an ordinary fender-bender," Nance told the Plain Dealer. The police visited James' home at about 6:30 p.m. -- an hour before the start of the player's last home game as a senior. LeBron's mother, Gloria James, was expected to be there for a pregame ceremony honoring her son and the team's other seniors, but she did not arrive. Winston said Gloria James called her. "She said I was wrong for not getting the information that I needed," Winston told the newspaper. Winston described her as uncooperative and said Gloria James would not give her phone number. Winston's son, Henry Jr., said he spoke to Gloria James, who declined to give him her number as well. He said she wanted to know the name of the shop where the car was and requested three estimates on the damage. Nance said Gloria James was trying to get a police report and plans to turn the matter over to her insurance company.