Indian accident " class="nd-inline-link">accident-while-saving-mother" class="nd-inline-link">Teenager Dies in Central Park Horse Carriage Accident While Trying to Save Mother New York: An 18-year-old Indian teenager, Romanch Mahajan, tragically died in New York's Central
Park after falling from a horse-drawn carriage while attempting to save his mother. The incident occurred during a family carriage ride when the horse unexpectedly bolted, leading to a fatal chain of events.
According to police, the family had stopped near Cherry Hill in Central Park for a photograph. The carriage driver stepped away from the horse to take the picture, during which the horse suddenly ran off, colliding with another carriage and overturning.
Romanch’s father, Deepak Mahajan, recounted that his wife fell from the carriage as it began to topple. In a bid to rescue her, Romanch jumped down and suffered a severe head injury.
He was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center but was declared dead later that evening. The rest of the family sustained minor injuries.
The Mahajan family, visiting from India to celebrate Romanch’s recent high school graduation and admission to Manipal University Jaipur, had been touring iconic landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty and Brooklyn Bridge before the accident.
Witnesses described the carriage continuing uncontrollably after the horse bolted, hitting another carriage before breaking apart. The driver’s decision to leave the horse unattended has drawn sharp criticism from the carriage drivers’ union.
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