Teenager dies after being thrown from horse-drawn carriage in NYC’s Central Park | CNN

A teenager thrown to the ground Wednesday when a Central Park carriage horse bolted away from its driver has died, according to police. The 18-year-old was riding in the horse-drawn carriage with three other passengers when the accident happened just before 3 p.m., according to the New York Police Department. He was initially hospitalized in critical condition. The other passengers refused medical treatment. A representative for the Transport Workers Union, which represents carriage industry employees, said the horse had been in the park for only six weeks. The driver had dismounted to take a photograph of his passengers, according to Alexander Kemp, the administrative vice president of the union’s local chapter. “A driver is not supposed to leave the carriage to take photos — ever,” Kemp said. “We support a full investigation.” Central Park Conservancy pushes to ban horse carriages Video showed the horse sprinting through the park as two people appeared to jump from the four-wheeled carriage. A second video shows the cab toppling over after clipping the wheels of another carriage on the park’s busy loop. It’s a fraught moment for Central Park’s 150-year-old horse