Injury patterns in a plastic (AR-1) baton fatality.
Rubber and plastic bullets or batons have been used in countries outside the United States for several years. These devices were designed to inflict nonlethal force in riot control. The authors report a case of fatal injury sustained by an elderly woman struck in the chest by a plastic baton, including the circumstances surrounding this unusual incident, the autopsy findings and a review of the literature.
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of Maryland, Baltimore, USA.
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D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005389:Firearms; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010969:Plastics; D016495:Police; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000473:pathology*
D010969:Plastics