Multiple complaints reported about seats in recalled Hyundai Palisade models before toddler dies

Two-year-old Lucia Ayala died on March 7 as she, her mother and an older sibling were sitting inside the family’s parked Hyundai Palisade as their father shopped inside a store in Akron, Ohio. According to Akron police, the little girl was pinned by a 3rd row seat of the SUV when it closed on her, trapping her between the seat back and the seat. The girl’s mother can be heard frantically trying to free her as witnesses called 911 for help.