Twilight star Robert Pattinson was allegedly hit by a cab in New York City today while trying to flee from fans.

Reports claim the Twilight star got hit by a cab in front of the Strand Bookstore on Broadway and 12th Street at around 12 noon. Security guards were trying to move Pattinson across the street away from a group of female Twilight fans who had surrounded him as he left a bookstore.

Reps for the actor though are claiming that the cab story has been overblown, and that he was not injured in the incident.

Pattinson is in New York filming his new movie Remember Me.