India, Oct. 7 -- LUCKNOW A three-year-old boy died of suffocation while his five-year-old sister fell unconscious after the doors of the car they were playing in got locked automatically, trapping them for hours. The incident occurred on Monday afternoon in Saidpur village of Ayodhya within the Baba Bazar police station area, said officials.

A feast was being organised at a local resident's house in the village when a car parked outside his residence became the scene of tragedy. Nafees's son, Athar, 3, and daughter Mahi, 5, got trapped inside the vehicle while playing. Both children fell unconscious as they could not open the door.

Family members were busy with the feast and could not locate the kids for hours.

Neighbours eventually sp...