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The explosive truth about defective airbags

Norma Connolly -
The shocking revelation this month that a young Caymanian doctor was killed by a defective airbag has brought home to many car owners in Cayman that they may be driving deadly machines.
Members of the Martinez family and friends outside court on 5 June 2024, following the inquest into Amber Martinez's death. - Photo: Norma Connolly

Family seeks answers over Amber Martinez’s death from faulty airbag

Norma Connolly -
The family of the late Dr. Amber Martinez say their quest for answers relating to her death from an explosive part of a faulty airbag will go on.
A faulty airbag likely led to the death of Dr. Amber Martinez.

Inquest: Shrapnel from faulty airbag shot ‘like a bullet’ into doctor’s neck

Norma Connolly -
A piece of metal that shot from a defective airbag "like a bullet" was found lodged in the neck of the late Dr. Amber Martinez, who died in a fiery car crash in East End in 2022, a coroner's court jury heard.

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