title: [Suicide by a locomotive with unusual transport of suicide victims].
abstract: Two suicides are described in which the victims were transported for 400 m and 16 km (!) hanging from the locomotive's hook coupling. According to the Deutsche Bahn AG, it would be possible for a body caught on a coupling to be dragged for almost 600 km without being discovered. Upon discovery of such a body, the police must search long stretches of the railroad tracks.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität Leipzig.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vock
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Herber
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005858:Germany; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000473:pathology; D011890:Railroads; D013405:Suicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014195:Travel