"HAYWARD - A popular karaoke jockey and Oakland resident died when the airbag in his vehicle exploded, causing a metal cap and other shrapnel to rip through his head, in what was only latest fatality linked to the aftermarket products, according to public records."
"Keith "Boski" Givens, 55, crashed his car into a parked car on Main Street in Hayward on Sept. 25, 2025. But the Alameda County coroner ruled it wasn't the blunt force impact from the crash that caused his death, but rather the aftermarket airbag inside Givens' vehicle that exploded with such force a police investigator compared it to the impact of a bomb in his police report."
"Airbag was registered to Jilin Province Detiannuo Automobile Safety System, Co., Ltd, a Chinese company that was the subject of a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration warning last week. The warning says the company, also known as DTN, has produced airbag systems that were responsible for 10 deaths and two instances where a person was severely injured."
A popular karaoke jockey and Oakland resident, Keith "Boski" Givens, died after his vehicle's airbag exploded and sent metal shrapnel through his head following a crash on Sept. 25, 2025. The Alameda County coroner ruled the cause of death as penetrating injury from exploding air bag debris rather than blunt force from the collision. The airbag was registered to Jilin Province Detiannuo Automobile Safety System (DTN), which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration warned had produced inflators tied to 10 deaths and multiple severe injuries. Friends and patrons held a memorial and DTN did not respond to a request for comment.
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