title: Suicide by pedestrian versus motor vehicle: a case report.
abstract: Suicide is the deliberate act of ending one's own life. Historically, men commit suicide more frequently than do women; however, rates have increased for women worldwide in recent years. Transportation injuries have been widely reported as means of suicide such as operators of motor vehicles or jumpers into the pathway of trains. Few definitive reports exist of pedestrians deliberately jumping into the pathway of a motor vehicle. A security camera demonstrates a pedestrian deliberately entering the pathway of a moving vehicle resulting in death from multiple blunt force trauma.
authors: Department of Emergency Medicine, Penn State Hershey, 500 University Drive HO43, Hershey, PA 17033, USA. brudy@psu.edu
authors: Bruce S
authors: BS
authors: Rudy
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013405:Suicide; D055815:Young Adult