A woman who died in a Los Angeles-area car crash last September is the eighth person killed by exploding air bags made by Takata Corp. of Japan, U.S. safety regulators and Honda Motor Co. confirmed Friday.The woman was identified in a lawsuit as Jewel Brangman, 26, who died from neck and head injuries when the driver’s air bag in her rented 2001 Honda Civic inflated with too much force and spewed metal shrapnel.
Honda confirms eighth death linked to Takata airbags. Mess even thing that should save you can kill you now
That's very unfortunate. Also an example of why we need to pay attention whenever we get those "recall notices" in the mail (usually saying that they'll replace the faulty part as needed) or see a news bit like this one.
Also, watch one of the usual suspects run into this thread asking why the government/"SJW"/"libs" are not trying to ban airbags