The family of the 18-year-old tourist who was killed during a Central Park carriage ride will sue the city for $105 million \u2014 claiming a freak electrical current made the horse bolt.<\/p>\n
Romanch Mahajan\u2019s kin maintains the teen was thrown to his death<\/a> after the horse got spooked by the stray voltage and took off as the driver snapped a photo of the family, who were visiting from India, according to documents cited by The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n Romanch Mahajan, 18, was thrown to his death during a Central Park carriage ride with his family.<\/p>\n Four notices of claim \u2014 documents announcing an intent to sue \u2014 were filed Friday, blaming a host of city agencies for the fatal incident.<\/p>\n Filed on behalf of the\u00a0dead\u00a0teen, his parents, Deepak and Friya\u00a0Mahjan,\u00a0and his brother, Naanik, the notices\u00a0say\u00a0Romanch\u2019s tragic death should never have\u00a0happened.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThis was an avoidable accident,\u201d Sagar Chadha of Liakas Law, which represents the grieving family, said in a statement. \u201cThe allegations set forth in the Notice of Claim describe a preventable tragedy that followed years of warnings, prior incidents and failures to implement basic safeguards.<\/p>\n \u201cAn 18-year-old young man came to New York City with his family and never made it back home,\u201d Chadha said. \u201cHis family deserves answers, accountability and meaningful change so that no other family experiences what they have endured.\u201d<\/p>\n The family claims Big Apple officials\u00a0knew there was a \u201cstray voltage\u201d problem at the site before the June 17 tragedy, yet failed to address it,\u00a0according to the claims.<\/p>\n The filing comes as the City Council weighs a ban<\/a> on the historic carriage rides, which have been part of the Manhattan landscape for well over a century.<\/p>\n Mahajan, his parents and his 11-year-old brother had arrived from India for a dream vacation just three days before the teen was tossed from a buggy, smashed his head on the ground and died.<\/p>\n He fell while trying to catch his mom<\/a>, who was also thrown from the runaway carriage but survived, relatives have said.<\/p>\n A sequence of video grabs shows the moment Romanch Mahajan was thrown from a horse carriage and killed. <\/p>\n Her son\u2019s death was captured on heart-pounding video<\/a> footage that showed the carriage driver chasing the horse and buggy in vain before it struck a curb and toppled over.<\/p>\n