Vigil planned for 18-year-old tourist killed in Central Park horse-drawn carriage incident

Elected officials and carnal payment advocates volition stitchery for a vigil to beryllium held connected Monday to grant the 18-year-old tourer who died aft falling from a horse-drawn carriage successful Central Park past Wednesday.

Romanch Mahajan, who was visiting New York City from India with his family, suffered fatal injuries erstwhile the equine became spooked and bolted off. It ran down West Drive earlier its carriage flipped implicit aft crashing into different carriage. Mahajan's begetter said that his lad died trying to prevention his mother, who had fallen retired of the carriage pursuing the impact.

MAN KILLED AFTER HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE BOLTS AND FLIPS NEAR POPULAR NEW YORK CITY TOURIST DESTINATION

Emergency responders stitchery astir an overturned horse-drawn carriage successful Central Park aft 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan was fatally injured erstwhile the carriage reportedly collided with different carriage and flipped over. (WNYW)

New Yorkers for Clean, Livable, and Safe Streets (NYCLASS) announced that it would clasp the vigil to grant Mahajan astatine the Cherry Hill Fountain adjacent wherever the incidental occurred. The enactment besides announced that the city's "Ryder’s Law" volition beryllium renamed "Romanch’s Law" successful Mahajan's memory.

Ryder's Law is simply a measure that aims to signifier retired horse-drawn carriages successful NYC. The measure was projected successful 2022 by erstwhile New York City Council subordinate Bob Holden aft a equine named Ryder collapsed connected a thoroughfare successful Hell's Kitchen and aboriginal died. Council Member Chris Marte renewed the telephone for the bill's transition aft Mahajan's death, and Council Speaker Julie Menin said that a proceeding for the measure would instrumentality spot successful July.

"It is present clip to act. The Council precocious introduced Ryder’s Law to code longstanding concerns surrounding the equine carriage industry, and we volition clasp a proceeding connected the measure successful July. We look guardant to proceeding from each stakeholders and reviewing measures to code equine payment and nationalist information concerns arsenic we enactment toward a thoughtful solution to this urgent issue." Menin said successful a statement.

A horse-drawn carriage travels done Central Park successful New York City successful 2024. An 18-year-old rider was killed Wednesday aft a carriage reportedly bolted and overturned successful the park. (Luiz C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images, File)

Alexander Kemp, administrative vice president of Transport Workers Union Local 100, said successful a connection Friday that "our hearts spell retired to the family" of Romanch Mahajan.

"Words can’t explicit the enormity of this tragedy," Kemp said. "We are taking the archetypal steps towards addressing information issues."

Kemp added astatine a quality league Friday that the national is putting unneurotic caller information grooming protocols with feedback from the equine carriage operators that volition beryllium rolled out, and that astir 200 carriage owners and drivers volition beryllium required to follow.

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Horse-drawn carriage usage successful Central Park has been a hotly debated topic, with carnal rights groups calling for an outright prohibition connected the practice. Mayor Zohran Mamdani has stated that helium would enactment with the metropolis council, the manufacture and carnal payment advocates to question to extremity horse-drawn carriages successful the park, promising to "deliver a conscionable modulation that protects workers portion ending horse-drawn carriages successful Central Park erstwhile and for all."

Fox News Digital reached retired to Central Park Conservancy, NYCLASS, NYPD, TWU Local 100 and Council Member Chris Marte's bureau for further comment.