@article{ref1,
title="Train-related suicidal decapitation",
journal="Forensic science, medicine, and pathology",
year="2021",
author="Woolery, Samantha and Prahlow, Joseph A.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Suicide by decapitation as a primary method of injury is not common. When decapitation does occur in association with suicide, it may be a secondary consequence of the primary method of suicide, for example massive blunt force trauma, or hanging with a significant drop; however, primary suicidal decapitation has been described specifically in the context of railway incidents wherein victims lie across railroad tracks in-front of oncoming trains. Herein we report the case of a 49-year-old male who was decapitated after lying-down with his neck atop a railroad track in a railroad stockyard. He was subsequently run over by a train as it began to move to leave the stockyard. This case of train-assisted suicide occurs less often than the more common modality of suicide by train wherein victims stand or jump in front of a moving train or lay their body across the railroad tracks in order to be struck by an oncoming train.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1547-769X",
doi="10.1007/s12024-021-00396-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12024-021-00396-8"
}