Fatal impalement with transfixion of the neck in a road traffic accident.
The authors describe a singular case of fatal impalement due to penetration of a metal tube at the level of the neck in a victim of a road traffic accident. The man was traveling in the passenger seat ("death seat") of a car that hit the parapet of a bridge head on; death was attributed to hemorrhagic shock, which was brought on virtually instantly at the moment of impact.
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Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Medicina Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Bari, Piazza G. Cesere n. 11, 70124 Bari, Italy. forem@medicinalegale.uniba.it
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000473:pathology*