DETROIT — Another driver has been killed by an exploding Takata air bag inflator, bringing the worldwide death toll to at least 24.
The latest death occurred three days after a crash on June 8, 2018, in the Phoenix suburb of Buckeye, Ariz., according to a statement released Friday by Honda, which made the car involved in the crash.
The driver, who was not identified, was hit by shrapnel from the air bag when a 2002 Honda Civic crashed at an intersection, a Honda spokesman said.
More than 200 people also have been hurt by the inflators, which have caused the largest series of automotive recalls in U.S. history involving as many as 70 million inflators to be recalled by the end of next year. About 100 million inflators are to be recalled worldwide.
