The authors describe a singular case of fatal impalement due to penetration of a metal tube at the level of the neck in a victim of a road traffic accident. The man was traveling in the passenger seat (“death seat”) of a car that hit the parapet of a bridge head on; death was attributed to hemorrhagic shock, which was brought on virtually instantly at the moment of impact.
Fatal Impalement with Transfixion of the Neck in a Road Traffic Accident / DI NUNNO, N; Solarino, B; Costantinides, Fulvio; DI NUNNO, C.. - In: THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AND PATHOLOGY. - ISSN 0195-7910. - STAMPA. - 25 (2):(2004), pp. 164-168. [10.1097/01.paf.0000127386.54513.ec]
Fatal Impalement with Transfixion of the Neck in a Road Traffic Accident
COSTANTINIDES, FULVIO;
2004-01-01
Abstract
The authors describe a singular case of fatal impalement due to penetration of a metal tube at the level of the neck in a victim of a road traffic accident. The man was traveling in the passenger seat (“death seat”) of a car that hit the parapet of a bridge head on; death was attributed to hemorrhagic shock, which was brought on virtually instantly at the moment of impact.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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