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Teenager dies after being thrown from horse-drawn carriage in NYC’s Central Park
The union backed a full investigation as critics renewed calls to ban carriage horses after the crash and the death of 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan.
- An 18-year-old tourist from India, Romanch Mahajan, tragically died from severe head injuries after a horse-drawn carriage bolted uncontrollably and overturned in New York City's Central Park.
- The fatal accident occurred when the carriage driver temporarily stepped away from the horse to take a photograph of the vacationing family of four, an action that directly violated strict industry safety protocols.
- Witness accounts and family statements revealed that the teenager fell to the pavement after heroically jumping from the careening, two-wheeled cab in a desperate attempt to rescue his mother, who had already been thrown from the vehicle.
- The transport workers' union representing the driver immediately called the operator's conduct unacceptable, resulting in the driver's indefinite suspension and the forced retirement of the uninjured seven-year-old horse, Sampson, who had only been working in the park for six weeks.
- This tragedy—marking the first recorded death of a carriage passenger in the park's history—has ignited fierce political panic and intense new demands from city lawmakers and the Central Park Conservancy to immediately pass "Ryder's Law" and completely ban the carriage industry.
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