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Published in TZ Latest News 12 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

U.S. officials say Takata air bag likely involved in fatal crash

The top U.S. auto safety regulator said on Friday a ruptured Takata Corp (7312.T) air bag was likely involved in the April 5 car crash that killed a 22-year-old Louisiana woman, which would make her death the seventh linked to an air bag defect. Kylan Rae Langlinais died four days after her 2005 Honda Civic struck a utility pole in an early morning accident, according to a lawsuit filed by her family this week in U.S. District Court. The suit alleges that the vehicle’s driver-side Takata air bag exploded, sending shards of metal into the passenger compartment and severing her carotid artery.