6-year-old dies after being hit by airbag in Maharashtra car mishap

A six-year-old boy, Harsh Mavji Arethia, who was seated in the front seat of a car, died after being struck by an airbag following a collision with another car in Vashi area of Maharashtra.

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According to the police, the accident occurred on the night of December 21 when a car crashed into a divider, causing its rear end to lift and collide with the bonnet of Arethia's car.

The impact opened the car's airbags.

Speaking to the media, police inspector Sanjay Ghumal of Vashi police station said, "On December 21, at around 11.30 pm, a car hit a divider. Another car coming from behind hit the first car and its airbags opened. The child sitting in the car was hit by the airbag. The people passing by took him to a hospital. He died during the treatment. A case has been registered."

Doctors reported that there were no visible injury marks on Harsh's body, and the cause of death was determined to be polytrauma shock.