Traffic came to a near halt on a bridge connecting New York City and New Jersey as a man on horseback wearing a cowboy hat led another horse across the span.

A spokesman for Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police tells the Staten Island Advance that a police car escorted the man over the Outerbridge Crossing on Monday morning as cars trailed behind.

A video sent to the Advance showed the rider sporting a brown vest and red kerchief and galloping toward Staten Island. New Jersey-bound traffic slowed as motorists stopped to watch.

The rider held the reins of the second horse laden down with bags.

The newspaper says the man is believed to be cancer survivor Doc Mishler, raising money for childhood hunger.

(AP)