ATLANTA — Ten years after the crash that killed an Atlanta mother of four, the accident is shrouded in a new mystery.
Channel 2 consumer investigator Jim Strickland has learned authorities are investigating the car's recalled air bag.
"Well she ended up with a broken neck and back behind the airbag," said Cassie Brown.
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Brown is the mother of Genice Davis. Davis crashed in a Honda Civic in 2005 and died four months later.
"Do you blame the airbag for those injuries?" Strickland asked.
"Of course I do," Davis said.
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The crash occurred two years before Honda was forced to begin a long series of recalls involving air bag inflators made by its supplier Takata.
Company documents now released show engineers at Takata engaged in falsifying test data about inflators that were failing performance tests.
The inflators are blamed for exploding with too much force, sending deadly shrapnel into the passenger compartment.
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The family's attorney is now looking for evidence Davis' bag was traveling too fast with too much force.
"It's the equivalent of hitting brick wall if you will," said attorney Yehuda Smolar.
There is only one picture of the vehicle and it does not focus on the airbag. The car is long gone.
Proving the bag is responsible will be difficult.
WSBTV
