Punganuru (Andhra Pradesh), Mar 15 (PTI) Four persons from a family, including three children and an elderly man, died of suffocation after a motorcycle engine was left running inside a house here in Annamayya district, a police official said on Sunday.
According to police, the person identified as Murli had taken his motorcycle for repairs and was reportedly advised by the mechanic to keep the vehicle’s engine turned on until morning.
Following the advice (of the mechanic), he kept the motorcycle engine running inside the house where his father and three children were sleeping in a room, while he and his wife slept on the first floor.
At around 6 am on Sunday, when the door remained closed and there was no response from inside, Murli broke open the door and found the four lying unconscious.
“Four persons from the same family died after inhaling fumes from a motorcycle,” the official told PTI.
Preliminary investigation suggests that the victims died due to suffocation after inhaling the fumes in the closed room.
Meanwhile, police have registered a case under section 194 of the BNSS (death due to suffocation). PTI MS KH
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