The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) confirms a defective Takata airbag is to blame in a deadly crash in Lancaster that killed the driver of a 2002 Honda Accord.

Police say 35-year old Rekeyon Barnette died in a crash on Jan. 9 after he turned left at the intersection of Gillsbrook Road and Hwy 9 Bypass hitting another car. The crash report says that’s when the airbag in his car deployed causing severe trauma to the lower face that eventually lead to his death.

This marks the 19th death in the U.S. due to the defective airbags along with hundreds of other injuries. In Lancaster County, this is the second faulty airbag death since 2015.

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