TY - JOUR PY - 2009// TI - Drowning in a head-down position--report on an unusual accident JO - Archiv für Kriminologie A1 - Doberentz, Elke A1 - Madea, Burkhard SP - 108 EP - 115 VL - 224 IS - 3-4 N2 - A 22-year-old man was found in a head-down position in a roadside gully filled with water. Circumstances and autopsy findings are discussed. A prolonged head-down position may lead to death by impairing respiration and causing circulatory dysregulation. In the presented case, the victim drowned in a tight shaft in which he had no chance to free himself.

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