My aunt lost her life when the car she was driving crashed into and then went over a concrete meridian structure and into the river. She drowned when the car went underwater. Airbags should of deployed at initial impact, but didn't. My mom wonders if her sister's life could of been spared if the airbags had deployed by keeping the vehicle afloat a little longer as help was already on it's way. Could a claim be made against the automaker regarding the faulty / defective airbags and how this may of contributed in part to a loss of life? The car, by the way, was brand new and my aunt had only had it for a few weeks before the accident occurred (still unknown at this point what the initial cause of the accident was).
