"The incident captured in a social media video shared by the anti-horse carriage group New Yorkers for Clean, Livable, and Safe Streets (NYCLASS) saw what appears to be a spooked driverless horse pulling an empty carriage out of Central Park. It then barreled into traffic accross the four-way intersection of West 59th Street and Sixth Avenue, and down a block of Sixth Avenue."
"According to NYCASS, pedestrians had to jump and run out of the way to avoid getting trampled by the renegade horse. Pete Donohue a spokesperson for Transport Workers Union Local 100, which represents the roughly 200 carriage horse drivers, said the carriage driver claimed to be standing near the horse when the incident occured. He said the union believes the horse was startled by an Amazon delivery e-bike with a cargo trailer."
A Central Park carriage horse bolted into oncoming Midtown Manhattan traffic while pulling an empty carriage, colliding with multiple vehicles near West 59th Street and Sixth Avenue. The incident occurred at about 11:23 a.m. on Jan. 8 and was captured on social media video shared by NYCLASS. Police reported responses to calls of the horse striking four to five unattended vehicles; video shows the animal hitting a taxi. Pedestrians reportedly jumped to avoid the horse. The carriage drivers’ union said the driver claimed to be nearby and that an Amazon delivery e-bike may have startled the horse; the union notified the Health Department and is evaluating internal actions.
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