Telangana, April 15 -- Two young girls, aged four and five, died of suffocation after accidentally getting locked inside a parked car in Damargidda village of Telangana's Ranga Reddy district on Monday, police said.

The victims, identified as Tanmayi Sri (5) and Abhinaya Sri (4), were cousins who had accompanied their families to attend a marriage alliance ceremony. While playing around noon, the children entered a parked car near their relative's house and inadvertently got trapped inside.

Family members, assuming the children were playing outside, did not realize their absence. Around 2 PM, they checked the car and found both girls unconscious. They were rushed to the Chevella government hospital but were declared dead on arrival, off...