title: [Rare pattern of injuries after being run over by a railroad train ].
abstract: The article reports on findings after a suicide committed by being run over by the driving unit of an ICE train in a railway station. After recovering the body a fresh abrasion was found on the right upper abdomen with a minor laceration. Some hours later a circular abrasion mark and zones of contusion were discernible on the trunk. Whereas the integument was largely intact, the spine was severed and inner organs of the trunk were ruptured.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Universität Mainz.
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pötsch
authors.forename: Sylvester
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ogbuihi
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D001344:Autopsy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003288:Contusions / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000473:pathology; D011890:Railroads; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000473:pathology*; D013405:Suicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology