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Family of teen killed in horse-drawn carriage crash begs NYC to ban industry #shorts

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The family of a teen tourist who tragically died after being thrown from a horse-drawn carriage pleaded with Big Apple lawmakers to finally push forward legislation to ban the dangerous industry.

“I would not wish this on any family in the world,” the boy’s father, Deepak Mahajan, said as he sat next to his teary-eyed wife Priya in the City Council chambers on Wednesday. “No one expects for this to happen to their child, but it happened to us. Our whole family is shattered. The pain does not go away.”

Mahajan railed against the inaction of prior administrations, saying their inaction led to the death of 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan last month.

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