Machilipatnam (AP), Aug 6 (PTI) Three minor girls of migrant workers families died of suffocation in a car on Thursday after getting trapped inside it at a village in Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh, police said.

The girls aged between six and eight were found dead inside the car at Remalle village by their parents, they said.

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Two of the victims were children of migrant workers from Assam and the other from West Bengal.

Circle Inspector D V Ramana said the doors of the car apparently got locked automatically and the girls were suffocated to death in the incident that occurred at workers' quarters in the village.

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A case had been registered and further investigation was on, police said.

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