India, June 18 -- An 18-year-old boy died after being thrown to the ground when a carriage horse bolted away from its driver on Wednesday at Central Park of United States' New York City.

The boy, identified as Romanch Mahajan, belonged to a family which was on its first trip to New York from India, according to a New York Times report.

The accident is said to have taken place at 3 pm (local time) when the teen was riding in the horse-drawn carriage with three other passengers, two of whom were sent flying out of the careening cab.

The teenager was initially hospitalised in critical condition but later succumbed to the injuries while the other passengers refused medical treatment, according to an Associated Press report.

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