{"id":273541,"date":"2026-06-22T02:59:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T02:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/273541\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T02:59:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T02:59:34","slug":"nyc-horse-carriage-drivers-to-take-refresher-training-inside-central-park-following-deadly-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/273541\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC horse carriage drivers to take refresher training inside Central Park following deadly accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">NEW YORK CITY (WABC) &#8212; The safety stand-down continues to be in effect on horse carriages after the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/central-park-horse-drawn-carriage-rides-paused-18-year-old-tourist-killed\/19325389\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">crash that killed an 18-year-old tourist last Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">On Monday, drivers will take refresher training inside Central Park with horse-drawn carriages, but no passenger tours will be conducted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The union representing carriage drivers temporarily stopped the controversial rides after the horrific accident near Tavern on the Green.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The victim was thrown from the carriage when the horse suddenly ran off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The driver was taking a picture of the victim and his relatives when the animal was spooked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Before the rides resume, drivers will undergo additional training to try and prevent another disaster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The accident happened just a week after another horse <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/carriage-horse-died-eating-poisonous-plant-report-finds\/19308996\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ate a poisonous plant and died<\/a> in the park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The City Council is expected to hold a hearing soon on whether carriage rides should be permanently banned.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WABC-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK CITY (WABC) &#8212; The safety stand-down continues to be in effect on horse carriages after the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[105315,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-273541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-105315","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}