Two runaway carriage horses caused chaos in Central Park on Monday, injuring several people including a driver who suffered a broken wrist. The incident began when a horse named Shadow got spooked near the Central Park Zoo and bolted toward 59th Street traffic before veering back into the park and crashing into parked pedicabs. A Central Park pedicab driver — the same one who stopped a runaway horse the previous week — heroically intercepted the carriage, suffering a leg injury in the process. He later took the injured coachman to the hospital. NYCLASS’s director praised the pedicab driver for his bravery and noted the horses were likely traumatized.
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