Indian Teenager Dies in Central Park accident " class="nd-inline-link">Horse Carriage Accident While Trying to Save His Mother New York City’s Central Park became the site of a tragic accident on June 16, when an 18-year-old Indian tourist, Romanch Mahajan, lost his life
during a horse-drawn carriage ride with his family. Romanch, who was visiting the city with his parents and younger brother, had asked the carriage driver to take a family photograph during their ride.
The driver stopped the carriage to oblige, but the situation quickly turned catastrophic. According to Romanch’s father, Deepak Mahajan, the horse, identified as Sampson, suddenly bolted while the driver was taking the photo.
As the carriage sped out of control, Romanch’s mother, Priya, fell out. In an effort to save her, Romanch also fell from the moving carriage, hitting his head on the pavement. “My son, just to save his mother, fell off,” Deepak recounted.
The runaway carriage eventually collided with another carriage and overturned. Romanch was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, but he succumbed to his injuries the following day, June 17. The horse, Sampson, was unharmed in the incident.
The tragedy has sparked outrage and renewed calls to ban horse-drawn carriages in New York City.
Alexander Kemp, vice-president of the Transport Workers Union (TWU Local 100), described the driver’s actions as “unacceptable” and confirmed that the driver had been indefinitely suspended by the carriage owner.
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