18-year-old man dies after falling from Central Park horse carriage
An 18-year-old tourist died Wednesday after falling from a runaway horse carriage in Central Park, police said. Police confirmed the death to New York City ABC station WABC , which reported the man was visiting the city with his family. The Central Park Conservancy identified the victim as Romanch Mahajan. The Transport Workers Union of America, the union representing the carriage horse drivers, said in a statement the carriage driver was "at least at arm’s length from his horse to take a photo of his passengers in the carriage," when the horse took off "for unknown reasons." The carriage clipped the wheel of another carriage and toppled, according to TWU Local 100 Administrative Vice President Alexander Kemp. Mahajan was transported to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center after he fell from the horse around 2:47 p.m., police said. He later succumbed to his injuries, according to police The horse had only been in the park six weeks, Kemp said. An inv...