Death Toll Linked To Faulty GM Ignition Switch Increases

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The death toll rises. Forty-two deaths have now been positively linked to accidents involving faulty ignition switches in General Motors’ cars. That’s according to an attorney for the victims’ compensation fund—but auto safety advocates say the number is much higher.

Meghan McCorkell has more on the increase.

GM originally linked just 13 deaths to their faulty ignition switches. That number has more than tripled.

Sixteen-year-old Amber Marie Rose was a healthy, active teenager but in 2005, on a dark Charles County road, she lost control of her Chevy Cobalt. GM admits her death—along with 41 others—is linked to their faulty ignition switches.

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