Teen Tourist Killed After NYC Carriage Horse Bolts in Central Park

Executive Briefing

• Identifies victim as 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan, a tourist from India thrown from carriage and fatally struck his head
• Driver had left post to photograph passengers when horse Sampson became spooked and bolted near 71st Street around 2:45 p.m.
• TWU Local 100 condemns driver's actions, stating operators are never permitted to leave the carriage; driver suspended indefinitely
• Incident follows a carriage horse death and a separate carriage overturn in Central Park within the past two weeks
• Legislators renew push for Ryder's Law, a bill to phase out horse-drawn carriages in New York City