Infants and toddlers should ride in the back seat of cars because exploding air bags can be deadly, the nation's public health agency warned parents as the holiday travel season approaches.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that all child car seats, even forward-facing ones for infants, should be put in the back seat of the vehicle, where they won't be hit by the air bag.Older children should also ride in the back. If the youngsters must ride up front, the front seat should be pushed back as far as possible, and the children should wear shoulder and lap belts, the agency said.
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The deaths of eight children - including a Bountiful boy - have been attributed to air bags that inflated during car crashes, the CDC said.