Citation

Ahmad N, Busuttil A. Med. Sci. Law 1993; 33(3): 261-263.

Affiliation

Department of Pathology, University of Edinburgh, Medical School.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, British Academy of Forensic Sciences, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8366790

Abstract

A fatal impaling-type head injury is described in a young man, sustained when he crashed his car while intoxicated, his head being transfixed by a broken wooden fence post. This shattered the facial bones and damaged the brain stem. Other published instances of impaling head injuries are discussed.

Language: en