Pleads ignorance (Geez, what was that thumping noise?)...

July 23, 2008 Novak hits pedestrian with car Posted: 12:05 PM ET Robert Novak is interviewed after the accident.

WASHINGTON (CNN) - Journalist Robert Novak hit a pedestrian with his car in the nation's capital Wednesday morning, Washington police Lt. Michael Lockerman said.

Novak continued driving, unaware he had hit the man, he told told reporters for WJLA-TV and the Web site Politico as he got out of a police car.