NEW DELHI, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Four children including two siblings were killed due to electrocution after a live overhead wire snapped and fell into a pool in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, police said Saturday.
The incident took place Friday evening in Petiyan village of Sambhal district, about 370 km northwest of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh.
"Last evening a live overhead electricity wire snapped and fell into a tubewell pond, where four children were bathing. The children got electrocuted," a police official posted in the district said.
"After a couple of hours, a person found the bodies of children floating in the water. No sooner the children were taken to hospital, doctors declared them brought dead."
Police have registered a case and ordered an investigation into the incident.
