'Tony Soprano' tangles with taxi

Thursday, May 4, 2006; Posted: 9:08 p.m. EDT (01:08 GMT)

NEW YORK (AP) -- "Sopranos" actor James Gandolfini shook off a scary fall after a taxi whacked him off his Italian motor scooter, a spokeswoman for HBO said.

"James Gandolfini is fine, and his scooter is in the repair shop," said HBO spokeswoman Angela Tarantino.

Gandolfini, who plays mob boss Tony Soprano on the hit HBO series, was motoring on Hudson Street in lower Manhattan Wednesday when his scooter collided with the cab.

Gandolfini left the scene in another taxi and arranged for his crippled scooter to be picked up to be fixed.

Copyright 2006 The Associated Press.


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