TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese automaker Honda on Monday confirmed a new death linked to an exploding air bag crisis - bringing the global total to eight fatalities - that has sparked the recall of millions of vehicles.
The company said a woman in Los Angeles died in September last year after the faulty inflator in a 2001 Honda Civic ruptured, firing metal shrapnel at her.
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