Actor who plays “Tony Soprano” struck by cab while on scooter
May 3rd, 2006 | by Neil Barton | Posted in scooters | Comments Off
This story is still in the realm of “hearsay”, however, I picked it up from this thread on the New York Scooter Club Forum, which got was gotten from this post on gawker.com. The Gawker write up is quoted below, the picture above is an undated photo of Gandolfini riding his scoot in NYC.
Enjoying my morning coffee today at the corner of Hudson and Clarkson when I hear a sickening skid, then crunch, then cries of pain. A cab making a right on Clarkson hit some poor big bearded guy and knocked him clear off his scooter, helmet flying. He’s sprawled out in pain on the street. So myself and other concerned people walk over to get a closer look to see whether he’s OK. The cabbie also steps out of his cab to see. The guy on the ground, after about a minute of writhing in pain, sticks his arm up to have the cabbie help him up. I was about to use my cell to call 911 when I see that the guy on the ground is James Gandolfini. That’s right, Tony Soprano. My cell phone then turned into a camera (as did all the other bystanders) for a real crappy, indecipherable picture.
