Article: Punch bag! A Driver was left with a slashed face after the airbag in his car exploded in his face.

A Driver was left with a slashed face after the airbag in his car exploded in his face.

Shop worker Adrian Gluszko was driving in his Fiat Punto on an Aberdeen street when the bag burst out of its casing.

He said he was lucky not to have crashed, but suffered bad cuts to his face and hearing loss.

A Fiat spokeswoman stressed the company had not seen the vehicle and could not accept liability.

However she said their staff would be happy to check the car - a R-registered vehicle with 80,000 miles on the clock - at no cost to the complainer to see why the airbag had deployed.

Shocked Adrian, 20, who works at Asda at the beach, said: "I heard a loud noise but at the beginning I did not know ...

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