Mahajan Family Seeks $105 Million From NYC Over Fatal Central Park Carriage Crash
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 18
Mahajan Family Seeks $105 Million From NYC Over Fatal Central Park Carriage Crash
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 18
Summary
$105 million in notices of claim accuse New York City and Con Edison of liability in the June 17 Central Park carriage crash that killed 18-year-old Indian tourist Romanch Mahajan.
The filings add a new theory: stray or contact voltage may have shocked horse Sampson and triggered the bolt while the driver had stopped to take the family's picture near Cherry Hill.
Con Edison detected low levels of stray voltage in the area on July 16 and July 23, weeks after the crash, while the family also questions why an occupied carriage was allegedly left unsecured.
Romanch died after jumping from the moving carriage when his mother fell out; the carriage later collided with another carriage and overturned, leaving other relatives with minor injuries.
The case lands as City Council lawmakers revive a horse-carriage ban that would phase out the rides by June 1, 2028, and rename it Romanch's Law after a 2025 ban effort failed.