datasnorlax t1_is7el6i wrote on October 13, 2022 at 9:00 PM Reply to comment by Iron0ne in TIL the first confirmed victim of Takata airbags was 18y/o Parham. As she drove around a car park, she lightly bumped another vehicle making the airbag inflate, sending metal pieces at such tremendous force that one hit the teen’s neck slicing open her carotid artery. She bled to death in her seat by ahm713 This was crazy. For whatever reason only our passenger side airbag was impacted, so I rode in the back while my husband drove for months while we waited to get the airbag replaced on our '07 Impreza. Permalink Parent 105
datasnorlax t1_is7el6i wrote
Reply to comment by Iron0ne in TIL the first confirmed victim of Takata airbags was 18y/o Parham. As she drove around a car park, she lightly bumped another vehicle making the airbag inflate, sending metal pieces at such tremendous force that one hit the teen’s neck slicing open her carotid artery. She bled to death in her seat by ahm713
This was crazy. For whatever reason only our passenger side airbag was impacted, so I rode in the back while my husband drove for months while we waited to get the airbag replaced on our '07 Impreza.