VIJAYAWADA: A pregnant deer was hit by a car on the Tirumala ghat road on Monday. The deer delivered a fawn just before its death.
The incident occurred while a herd of deer was crossing the road. All deer crossed the road, except for a pregnant deer that was hit by a vehicle.
Tourists who noticed the deer shifted it to the roadside and informed the forest and TTD officials. The deer died before forest officials reached the spot. Tourists guarded the fawn and handed it over to forest officials.
TTD authorities shifted the deer for an autopsy and later cremated it.
