Citation

Klintschar M, Darok M, Roll P. Int. J. Legal Med. 2003; 117(4): 226-228.

Affiliation

Institut fur Rechtsmedizin, Martin Luther-Universitat Halle-Wittenberg, Franzosenweg 1, 06112, Halle/Saale, Germany. michael.klintschar@medizin.uni-halle.de

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00414-003-0364-9

PMID

12748865

Abstract

Vehicle-bicycle accidents with subsequent dragging of the rider over long distances are extremely rare. The case reported here is that of a 16-year-old mentally retarded bike rider who was run over by a truck whose driver failed to notice the accident. The legs of the victim became trapped by the rear axle of the trailer and the body was dragged over 45 km before being discovered under the parked truck. The autopsy revealed that the boy had died from the initial impact and not from the dragging injuries which had caused extensive mutilation. The reports of the technical expert and the forensic pathologist led the prosecutor to drop the case against the truck driver for manslaughter.

Language: en