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Klintschar, M; Darok, M; Roll, P.
Fatal truck-bicycle accident involving dragging for 45 km.
Int J Legal Med. 2003; 117(4):226-228
Doi: 10.1007/s00414-003-0364-9
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- Leading authors Med Uni Graz
- Klintschar Michael
- Co-authors Med Uni Graz
- Darok Mario
- Roll Peter
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- 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.
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- Accidents, Traffic -
- Adolescent -
- Adolescent -
- Autopsy -
- Bicycling -
- Fatal Outcome -
- Forensic Medicine -
- Humans -
- Intellectual Disability -
- Lacerations - pathology
- Male -
- Motor Vehicles -
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- forensic
- traffic accident
- bicycle rider
- dragging
- abrasion injuries