Romanch Mahajan, 18, Dies After Fall From Bolting Central Park Horse Carriage
Updated
Updated · The New York Times · Jun 18
Romanch Mahajan, 18, Dies After Fall From Bolting Central Park Horse Carriage
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 18
Summary
Romanch Mahajan, an 18-year-old visitor from India, died Wednesday evening at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell after suffering a head injury in a Central Park carriage crash.
Around 2:45 p.m., the horse bolted after the driver stepped away to photograph four passengers, sending the carriage onto a sidewalk and grass before Mahajan fell out.
The runaway carriage then clipped another horse carriage and toppled, shattering into pieces, as the driver chased behind and investigators examined the crash.
The fatality is the latest in a long string of horse-carriage mishaps in the park and is likely to intensify renewed calls to ban the rides.