Police are investigating whether a vehicle’s airbag was responsible for the death of 19-year-old Styliani Yiorgalli in a road accident on Monday, October 21, following social media posts suggesting airbag malfunction.
Traffic experts are examining whether the metal object that caused the fatal injury came from the airbag or another part of the vehicle, police officials told philenews.
According to the autopsy report by medical examiners Angeliki Papetta and Orthodoxos Orthodoxou, the young woman died from hemorrhagic shock due to a rupture of the ascending aorta and lung caused by a metal object during the road accident.
The medical examiners recommended further investigation in their report to police authorities, who are now examining the source of the metal that penetrated the victim’s vital organs.
Yiorgalli, from Avgorou, was pronounced dead around 7 am on the Avgorou-Frenaros road while driving to work after her car crashed into railings, police said.
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