Florida Woman Died Due to Faulty Air Bag

Senate Commerce Committee member Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) displays the parts and function of a defective airbag made by Japan's Takata Corp. that has been linked to multiple deaths and injuries in cars driven in the United States, during the committee's hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 20, 2014. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

A Florida woman involved in a car crash last week died because of a faulty air bag, a new report says.

The state’s Highway Patrol found that the air bag ruptured during the crash and actually fired shrapnel, causing a 6-by-3-inch wound in Nicole Barker’s temple, a fractured skull, and bruising and bleeding on her brain, according to the lead investigator’s report.