Punganuru (Andhra Pradesh), March 15 Four members of a family, including three children and an elderly man, died from suffocation after a motorcycle engine was left running inside a house 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 running until morning.
Following the advice, 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.
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 members of the same family died after inhaling fumes from a motorcycle," the official told