New York ( CNN ) -- It would n't be shocking to see cats or lions on Broadway . Many have flocked to Broadway to see these animals , in plays of course . But how about a horse running down Broadway dodging Manhattan traffic while dragging terrified tourists ? That 's what happened Thursday afternoon in a horse-drawn carriage accident that had even the most hard-to-startle New Yorkers gawking . `` The horse got spooked and rolled the carriage , '' NYPD Detective Martin Speechley said . `` There were two passengers and a driver . All of them have nothing but minor injuries , if there are any injuries at all . '' Witnesses said the horse was moving westward along Central Park South when it entered Columbus Circle , a traffic rotary at the park 's southwest corner , and bolted . As it ran , it struck an object , which split the carriage in two parts and freed the horse to run free , they said . `` I saw the horse at a full gallop with either people or a person in the carriage , '' said CNN 's Soledad O'Brien , who watched the incident unfold in front of the network 's New York bureau . `` Then the carriage separated and the horse ran up Broadway . '' As paramedics tended to the carriage riders , the panicked horse was stopped and controlled by police . `` We corralled the horse and took it into custody , and it was taken back to its stables by the mounted police , '' Speechley said . A veterinarian examined the horse ; it was not known whether the horse or riders sustained any serious injuries .
` ` The horse got spooked and rolled the carriage , '' a voice says . This occurs late Thursday afternoon in Columbus Circle . ` ` The horse ran up Broadway , '' I say . After the show , it 's back to the stables .