An 18-year-old tourist dies after being thrown from a horse-drawn carriage during an incident in New York City’s Central Park. Multiple outlets report that the carriage horse bolts away from its driver on Wednesday afternoon, just before 3 p.m., and the carriage overturns or careens, throwing passengers to the ground. Police say the teenager was initially taken to a hospital in critical condition and later died.
Accounts also indicate that three other passengers were in the carriage at the time; at least two are reported to have been thrown from the moving vehicle. One or more passengers decline medical treatment at the scene, according to reports.
Following the death, the horse-carriage industry in Central Park pauses operations. One outlet reports that the relevant union halts rides in response to the tragedy, and another describes the industry as being on pause while authorities review what happened.
Some reports include references to videos of the incident, but all descriptions focus on the same event: a runaway carriage horse, passengers being thrown, and the subsequent death of the teenager.
