Citation

Romero Palanco JL, Gamero Lucas JJ, Vizcaya Rojas MA, Arufe Martínez MI. J. Forensic Sci. 1999; 44(2): 444-446.

Affiliation

Department of Legal Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cádiz, Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, American Society for Testing and Materials, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10097379

Abstract

A rare case of suicide in which the victim had been lying along the railway track in a supine position and with extended extremities is described. The wheels of a train caused longitudinal hemisection with complete evisceration. Epidemiological data on train suicides are given and the relationship between this method of suicide and mental illnesses and consumption of alcohol are discussed.

Language: en