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Fatal Takata truck blast was 'like a big bomb,' sheriff says

An image from KENS-TV shows the aftermath of the explosion of a truck carrying Takata airbag inflators in Quemado, Texas.
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By:
John Lippert, Jeff Plungis and Craig Trudell
August 30, 2016 05:00 AM

The truck carrying Takata Corp. airbag inflators exploded “like a big bomb,” said the Texas sheriff whose officers rushed the scene. The cause of the grisly accident last week isn’t known, he said, and the damage was so extensive that a woman killed in the blast was identified only through dental records.

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