Citation

Rautji R, Girdhar S, Lalwani S, Dogra TD. Med. Sci. Law 2004; 44(2): 176-178.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, AIIMS, New Delhi-29, India. rautjiravi@hotmail.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, British Academy of Forensic Sciences, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15176633

Abstract

A 17-year old, thin-built male was sitting in a bus on the right side of the rear seat. The same side of the bus accidentally hit some iron rods, meant for construction work, projecting from the tail end of a small truck. The incident happened when the bus driver tried to manoeuvre the bus towards the left side of the truck, standing at a red traffic light intersection. One of the iron-rods entered the bus through the glass window next to which the victim had been sitting and penetrated his chest cavity from the side, lacerating both the lungs and exiting through the left shoulder blade. The individual died on his way to hospital.

Language: en