Four children had locked themselves inside the car while playing.

Moradabad:

Two children died after they accidentally got locked inside a car while playing in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad, the police said.

Four children, aged between 4 and 7 years, locked themselves inside the car while playing and were found unconscious soon after, the police added.

“All four children were found unconscious in a car and they were taken to the hospital. Two of them died and the other two are undergoing treatment at the hospital,” said Amit Kumar Anand, superintendent of police (city) Moradabad.

The children were related to each other, the police said.

The man who owns the car said the children had locked themselves inside. “When we reached, the children were in an unconscious state. Two of the four children died. The incident occurred around 8 am.”