Vigil to be held for crash victim as carriage horses return to Central Park
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Carriage horse rides resumed Monday in Central Park, but only for refresher training purposes.
The rides were halted after 18-year-old tourist Romanch Mahajan, of India, was thrown from a carriage and killed last week.
During the suspension of rides, TWU Local 100, the union representing horse-carriage drivers, said drivers participated in group meetings to review safety rules and protocols.
Drivers also took the horses out of the barns for exercise, but passenger rides were not permitted.
Also Monday, a vigil was scheduled to be held for Romanch at Cherry Hill Fountain in Central Park. His family was expected to speak alongside City Council Member Christopher Marte.
Marte was set to be joined by other elected officials to announce that Ryder's Law would be renamed Romanch's Law in honor of the teen.
The proposed law calls for the city to phase out horse-drawn carriages and support workers' transition to other employment.
The accident happened just a week after another horse ate a poisonous plant and died in the park.
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