The death of 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan, an Indian teen, falling from a Central Park horse carriage, strengthened calls to end the horse carriage industry as there have been eight horse-related incidents in Central Park over the past 13 months but this was the first human fatality involving a horse carriage since they were introduced in Central Park more than 150 years ago. There have already been calls to suspend horse carriages as they are a public safety hazard in crowded areas and have already been suspended in other US cities like Chicago and San Antonia.