title: [Suicidal gunshot to the head while driving a car].
abstract: A severe traffic accident occurred on the German autobahn. According to eye witnesses, the car had changed from the left to the right lane at 160 km/h before crashing into a thicket at full speed. In the car, a sports pistol was found in the footwell of the driver's side. The emergency doctor who performed the external examination of the victim's body found a gunshot wound in the region of the driver's right lower jaw. As the prosecutor released the body without further examination, the family of the suicide asked for an autopsy, which demonstrated a lethal suicidal gunshot to the head; toxicological tests proved a previous consumption of cocaine.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin des Universitätsklinikums Hamburg-Eppendorf.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kammal
authors.forename: Friedrich
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Püschel
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D000328:Adult; D001334:Automobile Driving; D001344:Autopsy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D020212:Carotid Artery Injuries / Q000473:pathology; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000473:pathology; D013405:Suicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*