Teen tourist thrown to death by Central Park horse was trying to save mom who flew out of carriage during family’s first visit to Big Apple
The tourist who was thrown to his death during a Central Park horse ride was trying to save his mom during what was supposed to be a fun first-time trip to the Big Apple.
Romanch Mahajan, 18, was riding in one of the city’s iconic horse-drawn carriages with his mother, father, and little brother, when tragedy struck just before 3pm on Wednesday.
The carriage driver had stopped to take a photo of the family, who were visiting from India, when the horse suddenly bolted with all of them inside, Deepak Mahajan, the teen’s father, told The New York Times.
‘We were yelling, “Help me, help me!”,’ his distraught father recalled to the outlet.
Deepak said he and his family clung to each other, but as the carriage stormed down the pavement, his wife, Priya, flew out, and Romanch immediately jumped out to save her.
‘My son, just to save his mother, he fell off. He was screaming, “Mom!”,’ Deepak, 44, told the NYT.
As Romanch did so, he hit his head on the ground. He was pronounced dead on Wednesday night at New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Romanch Mahajan, 18, died on Wednesday in New York City after he flew out of a horse-drawn carriage in Central Park
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