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Road & railway injury (suicidal)
By Muhd Ariff MahdzubForensic Posting4th year Mbbs
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Pattern of injury ofvehicle occupants
• The pathology of all these is no different from accidents elsewhere (Knight f. p293)
• The type of vehicle (theory) makes little difference to the mechanism of injury
• In crashes, Heavy goods vehicles naturally suffer less than light vehicle because of their far greater mass and strength
-Knight F.
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Cause of death
• gross musculoskeletal or organ damage, • severe haemorrhage, • blockage of air passages from blood, or• traumatic asphyxia from fixation of the chest
caused by crushing from some part of a vehicle.
-Knight F.
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railway injury (suicidal)
• The common railway fatality is the suicide who lays himself in front of an approaching train.
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• The Ix for alcohol and other drugs must be made, as suicides often employ multiple methods to ensure self-destruction.
• Sometimes the injuries complicated by high-voltage electrical lesions, as the typical traction voltage of an electric railway is in excess of 600 volts.
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• Decapitation is the most common injury • Other obvious features are the local tissue
destruction, usually with grease, rust or other dirt soiling of the damaged area
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• Figure 9.27 Amputation of the right arm and bruising of the face and chest in a pedestrian struck by a passing locomotive
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• Figure 9.28 Extensive disintegration of the body that has been run over by a train.
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