Tag: death
NHTSA confirms another death from Takata airbags
WASHINGTON — A U.S. auto safety regulator on Friday said it had confirmed a new crash death from a faulty airbag in a Honda car, as it urged owners to get recall repairs completed. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it had confirmed that the February death of the driver of a 2002 Honda
3 recent fatalities bring Takata airbag death toll to 32
DETROIT — Three more people have been killed in the past seven months by Takata airbag inflators that exploded and hurled shrapnel. Stellantis, formerly Fiat Chrysler, said Wednesday that 276,000 owners of older Dodge and Chrysler cars should not drive them until the airbags are replaced. The cars were recalled in 2015. The three recent
Parents file lawsuit against e-bike company after daughter’s death
The parents of a 12-year-old California girl who died last year after an accident involving an electric bike, or e-bike, say they want to see change. Kaye and Jonathan Steinsapir, the parents of Molly Steinsapir, have filed a lawsuit against Rad Power Bikes, a Seattle-based e-bike company. According to the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles