(Bloomberg) — An executive for Takata Corp., the company being investigated for making air bags linked to the deaths of motorists, apologized yesterday at a U.S. Senate hearing as two lawmakers said a sixth fatality may be related.
"We are deeply sorry and anguished about each of the reported instances in which a Takata air bag has not performed as designed and a driver or passenger has suffered personal injuries or death," Hiroshi Shimizu, senior vice president in charge of global quality assurance, testified to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.
Takata acknowledges three deaths, and two others are still being investigated, Shimizu told senators.
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