Friends and relatives of Goutham Gunda who was injured when a battery-operated car hit him at the city zoo here a few days ago are upset that the family whose apparent negligence led to the accident had not contacted him or offered any apology.
Goutham who sustained a spinal injury was admitted to a private hospital where he underwent a surgery. He has started to walk but says he had been advised rest for up to six months for full recovery.
Goutham, who hails from Nalgonda district in Telangana, and four of his friends, all employees of TCS in Bengaluru on their first trip since they secured employment, had reached the city zoo in the morning Sunday last. After buying tickets, they had entered the zoo and barely walked a hundred metres when a battery-operated car rammed Goutham and a female friend. Goutham says they heard shouts but had no time to react before being hit by the vehicle from behind and falling in the impact.
