NYC leaders seek carriage ban after teen death (opens in new tab)

New York City officials renewed calls to ban horse-drawn carriages in Central Park after Romanch Mahajan, an 18-year-old tourist from India, died following a runaway carriage crash on Wednesday, June 17. The horse bolted after the driver stepped away to take a photo of the Mahajan family; the carriage later clipped another carriage and overturned. Mahajan’s father, Deepak Mahajan, told The New York Times that Romanch jumped after his mother fell out and he was screaming for her; the medical e...