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Sopranos star in scooter crash

15:08 Thursday May 4th 2006

Sopranos star James Gandolfini was knocked off his scooter when he collided with a cab in New York, according to reports.

The actor, who plays mob boss Tony Soprano in the hit series, apparently lay dazed and confused in the street for a few minutes after being clipped by the taxi and coming off his Vespa in SoHo.

``He was shaken up,'' eyewitness Jason O'Malley told the New York Post.

``A couple of guys helped him off the ground and picked up his bike.''

Gandolfini reportedly told people in the crowd which gathered after the incident yesterday morning: ``I'm all right.''

He borrowed a mobile phone to call his assistant and make arrangements for someone to pick up the damaged scooter before leaving in another cab, according to the Post.

``James Gandolfini is fine, and his scooter is in the repair shop,'' a spokeswoman for TV network HBO told the newspaper.