Robert Pattinson Hit by Taxi: Twilight Star 'Almost Killed'

by tvtayber | June 18, 2009 at 01:39 pm
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Twilight star Robert Pattinson was hit by a cab in New York yesterday, June 17th, while being chased by a gaggle of hysterical fans. 

A team of bodyguards fought to control a horde of screaming teenage girls as Robert Pattinson tried to leave Strand Bookstore on Broadway and 12th Street. As Pattinson sprinted across the street in the rain a cab clipped him, slamming on its breaks.

The "hit by a cab" incident freaked out his watching fans and prompted inaccurate reports that Robert Pattinson had been "almost killed" by a wayward taxi.

It appeared as if the cab hit Rob in the hip. He stood there for a moment looking stunned. The bodyguard next to him checked if he was okay."

Robert Pattinson is currently shooting the film Remember Me and will be in Manhattan, New York, for the next four weeks.

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Amy Judd

Here's a report from the scene!

"Everyone was waiting outside for Rob. At this time there were only about 5 or 6 fans and one paparazzi. Rob came out and as usual he had his hood up, was covered by an umbrella, and surrounded by about 6 guards. The girls were all following behind Rob and because of the commotion, a few people on the streets may have also been following or looking. NO ONE even tried to touch Rob, & from what I could tell, no one was even snapping pictures in his face except for this one paparazzi who had been hanging around outside the building all day. He was crouching on the ground snapping pictures behind Rob's umbrella, Rob was hiding his face. Some of the security guards were moving very quickly, causing their little circle that was protecting Rob to break up. Soon one guard was guiding Rob by the shoulders and led him across a street where there was a red light and moving traffic. I was right behind him at this point and saw the entire thing happen. The cab was coming quickly but saw them jump in front of it, so the cabbie slammed on his breaks. Rob was tapped a little in the hip, but they kept going. Rob then went into his trailer. The security guards were yelling at everyone and saying everyone was chasing him, but really no one even tried to touch him and there were honestly about 10 people absolute maximum trying to see him. Then the guards also made the fans move away from the trailer but let that obnoxious paparazzi stand outside of his trailer so he could snap pix the next time Rob came out. Its unfair that these people would blame the fans outside. First of all, there were only about 6 girls and none were crazy teenagers. No one yelled to him or tried to touch him at all. The security guard apologized afterwards for flipping out, he said that they were just trying to be overly cautious after Monday's fan incident".


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Colleen S.

It's a shame girls can't give Robert Pattinson some room when they see him. Yes I would be excited, but I would keep my distance. I'd hate to see something bad happen to Robert Pattinson. Twilight would never be the same without him.

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-9259-Miami-Celebrity-Examiner~y2009m6d18-Robert-Pattinson-hit-by-cab-in-New-York-City

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BiancaO

Sounds like Rob needs to get some new bodyguards if they think that the "crazed fans" were out of control. They're the ones that let our Precious BRiT dart out infront of traffic in the first place! First of all, when I went to NY, I almost got hit by a cab too, so it's not all that uncommon. So again, I believe he should hire a new BRUTE SQUAD who knows about NYC and can handle " crazy insane fans " please........I'm 27 and I LOVE ROB, and so does my 16 year old cuz, but she's not stupid either...why WOULD WE, THE FANS, PUT HIM IN DANGER??? I THINK WE ALL VOW>>>>>>>>>>WE LOVE HIM!

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sydnimiller

      I agree the fans are overboard with this Robert Pattinson obsession, but I wouldn't go about blaming them for almost KILLING the guy. That's a little extreme.  He's without a doubt gorgeous and talented, but let's face it... the fans need to calm down.  There are plenty of attractive guys in the world and we don't need them to go into hiding because of crazed girls.  

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