TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Metal railing fences and accidental death
JO  - Journal of forensic sciences
A1  - Heath, Karen J.
A1  - Cala, Allan D.
A1  - Byard, Roger W.
SP  - 972
EP  - 975
VL  - 63
IS  - 3
N2  - Two cases of accidental deaths caused by the sharp ends of fence or gate posts are reported. Case 1: A 47-year-old man was found hanging by his ankle in an inverted position on fencing. He had attempted a shortcut to a railway platform by climbing over a metal rail fence. He had slipped and been impaled through his ankle by the sharp end of the fence post, resulting in death from positional asphyxia. Case 2: An 18-year-old male slipped while climbing over a gate and died after being impaled on a spear tip finial, which had lacerated his external iliac vein. Death was due to exsanguination. These cases demonstrate two rare examples of accidental deaths from impalement by the ends of sharp fence posts. Mechanisms of death in such circumstances involve suspension with positional asphyxia and vascular injury with exsanguination.<br><br>© 2017 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-1198
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13654
ID  - ref1
ER  -