“We want Citroën to recognize that they are responsible for the death of my spouse,” insists Vincent Dupré, the victim’s spouse, with Champagne-Ardenne. His 36 -year -old wife was killed by the explosion of his Takata airbag last June.
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The family of the 36 -year -old woman killed by the explosion of her airbag Takata last June in Reims (Marne) will be a civil party in the current investigation to try to “Know what happened”, she indicates Tuesday July 22 to Here Champagne-Ardenne (ex-France blue).
The father of this woman and her companion, with whom she had four children, spoke for the first time since the fatal accident on June 11. “We are talking about an airbag, a security organ, and in the end, he did quite the opposite. He destroyed a family”Land on Champagne-Ardenne Vincent Dupré, Célia’s spouse. “I have four children to manage who ask their mom every day. I have no answer to give them apart that their mom is in heaven. That should not happen”he adds.
“We’re going to start fighting, we want to know what happened”, Adds the father of the young woman, announcing that the family will be a civil party in the investigation carried out by two investigating judges of the Health Pole of the Paris court, concerning the death of three victims of defective airbags, including the Rémoise. “We want Citroën to recognize that they are responsible for the death of my spouse”Adds Vincent Dupré, the victim’s spouse.
It was then the 19th fatal accident linked to a defective airbag of the Takata brand in France, as revealed by the Radio France investigation cell. Following this fatal accident, the French government had ordered car manufacturers to immobilize 800,000 additional vehicles equipped with Takata airbags. In total, 1.7 million cars are therefore targeted by a prohibition to circulate until replacement of the potentially dangerous device.
