Citation

Di Nunno N, Solarino B, Costantinides F, Di Nunno C. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 2004; 25(2): 164-168.

Affiliation

Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Medicina Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Bari, Piazza G. Cesere n. 11, 70124 Bari, Italy. forem@medicinalegale.uniba.it

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15166772

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.

Language: en