[Fatal explosion injuries from blasting a cigarette machine].
In the last few years, a growing number of cases have been reported in Germany in which vending machines have been blasted by criminals to get at the money. Thus, it was only a question of time for the first fatalities to occur as a consequence of such careless explosions. We report on the death of a 16-year-old boy who died after triggering an explosion by spraying a deodorant into the coin slot of a cigarette machine. Death was caused by severe craniocerebral trauma due to tertiary blast-related injuries when the front plate of the machine hit the victim's cerebral and facial skull.
Burkhard
B
Madea
Hani
H
Ridwan
Volker
V
Längin
Elke
E
Doberentz
D000293:Adolescent; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005107:Explosions; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005509:Food Dispensers, Automatic; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D020197:Head Injuries, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013800:Theft; D062789:Tobacco Products