An important safety feature that could save a child from severe injuries in some mid-size GM and Isuzu pick-ups does not meet American and Canadian standards for car seats. As a result, more than 192,000 of the pickups are being recalled. They include the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon models from the 2004 to 2011 model years, the Isuzu I-280 and I-350 pickups from 2008 and I-370 pickups made in 2007 and 2008.

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The tragic news of an infant death in a stalled car on the Galveston Causeway Sunday lends a sobering reminder that simply doing the right thing by buying and using protective car seats may not always be enough. Car seat safety is no guarantee of survival.

Child safety seats are far more common today, now that each state has passed child occupant protection laws. Yet as many as 1,800 children under age 14 die annually in vehicle accidents.

Even more disturbing is the fact that some of these children, like the child killed Sunday, were killed while sitting in a car seat.

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