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On August 5 I fell asleep and ran into the back of a truck stopped at a light. My knee air bag deployed but the steering wheel bag did not and the shoulder belt did not deploy causing me to hit the steering wheel very hard bruising my sternum and causing surrounding muscle inflammation that is still sore today.
Cpsc: Baby trend hybrid LX 3-in-1: consumer stated she and her son, were involved in a head-on collision. After the accident, the consumer noticed the chest clip had un-latched and her son was dangling out of the car seat and was barely in the shoulder straps, despite being correctly placed in the car seat. The consumer's son passed away from his injuries. Model # FB48417. See also ODI 10855262
- North Las Vegas, NV, USA
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I was traveling from las vegas, nv to twin falls, id with my son [xxx] on Dec 14 2015 to visit family for christmas. My son [xxx] was a week from turning 4, weighed 37 lbs and was 38 inches tall. I had him in the baby trend hybrid 3 in 1 LX (kiwi color) forward facing in the 5 point harness. At around 9pm mountain standard time on Dec 14 2015 my son [xxx] was able to pull the slack on his harness loose after unclipping his chest clip and freed his upper arms. The moment I noticed he had done this our small car was hit head on by a pickup truck that was driving at a high rate of speed. Since [xxx] lower body was the only thing restrained his upper body was thrown forward at a high rate of speed which caused a hyper extension and severance of his spinal cord at the C3- C4 vertebrae. [xxx] passed away at the scene of the crash within seconds....updated 04/19/16 see also 10859748.....updated 05/24/16 updated 09/19/2017 information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
The contact owned a 2014 baby trend hybrid 3-in-1 booster seat. While driving 25 mph, another vehicle crashed into the rear of the contact's vehicle at a high rate of speed. The driver sustained whiplash and the child passenger was fatally wounded due to the impact of the crash. The seat belt did not secure the child during the crash. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a yard and the booster seat was discarded. The contact could not diagnose what caused the failure. The manufacturer and the insurance company did not provide further disclosure on the investigation of the crash. The purchase date was unknown....updated 04/19/16 see also 10855262...updated 05/24/16 updated 09/19/2017
Seat belt auto retractor has progressively degraded in performance on the driver's seat since ~70,000 miles. As of now, seat belt will no longer retract without physically pushing it back into the housing. Pretensioner still operates correctly.
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- Shelby Township, MI, USA