Citation

Pircher R, Große Perdekamp M, Lutz-Bonengel S, Pollak S, Thierauf A. Forensic Sci. Int. 2013; 226(1-3): e37-41.

Affiliation

Institute of Forensic Medicine, Freiburg University Medical Centre, Freiburg, Germany. Electronic address: (rebecca.pircher@uniklinik-freiburg.de).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.01.026

PMID

23415162

Abstract

In traffic accidents, fatal impalements are mostly seen in vehicle occupants injured by penetrating blunt-tipped objects such as fence posts or iron bars. Compared with this group of road users, the medical literature lacks reports on impaled motorcyclists. The article presents a case which deserves attention in several respects:

Language: en