TMZ has learned Linda Hogan was involved in a fender bender in Clearwater, Fla. earlier this afternoon. It happened less than a quarter mile from where her son Nick infamously crashed in August 2007.

Cops on scene tell TMZ Linda's white Mercedes was rear-ended by a red Camaro. The Camaro suffered the majority of the damage -- Linda's car only suffered "minor" damage.

Her son-alike BF Charlie Hill arrived on the scene shortly afterwards.

A witness on the scene tells us from their vantage point, Linda was not at fault.

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