An Immediate Death by Seat Belt Compression; a Forensic Medicine Report
Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine,
Vol. 3 No. 4 (2015),
1 November 2015
,
Page 165-167
https://doi.org/10.22037/aaem.v3i4.297
Abstract
Although death is a gradual process, sometimes sudden death occurs in a fraction of a minute or seconds. Here we report a 49-year-old man without any underlying disease, which has instantly died in an accident scene due to compression of neck critical elements by a three-point seat belt. The examination of the body and the results of the autopsy, toxicology and pathology tests are described from the viewpoint of forensic medicine.- Seat belts
- accidents
- traffic
- death
- sudden
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