Airbag Rupture Kills 10th Person in US, Consumers Urged to Get Vehicles Checked

Airbag Rupture Kills 10th Person in US, Consumers Urged to Get Vehicles Checked
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Last month, a high school senior from Richmond, Texas, became the 11th person known worldwide to have died due to a Takata airbag inflator that ruptured after a minor car crash.

Huma Hanif, 17, was driving a 2002 Honda Civic when she crashed on March 31 in Fort Bend County.

14 automakers have recalled about 24 million vehicles have 28 million Takata airbag inflators.