Citation

Rudy BS. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 2012; 33(3): 268-269.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Penn State Hershey, Hershey; and Lebanon County Coroners Office, Lebanon County, PA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/PAF.0b013e318264b1b8

PMID

22835974

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.

Language: en