Fatal Chest Injury Caused by Windblown Beach Umbrella.

Autor: Harris AB; Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, 23501-1980., Gunther WM; Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Commonwealth of Virginia, Norfolk, VA, 23510-1046., Fantaskey AP; Department of Pathology and Anatomy, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, 23501-1980., Weinstein LB; Department of Physics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 23529.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of forensic sciences [J Forensic Sci] 2018 Nov; Vol. 63 (6), pp. 1892-1894. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Mar 01.
DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.13765
Abstrakt: We present the case of a windblown beach umbrella inflicting fatal penetrating blunt force to the chest of a 55-year-old female beachgoer. A postmortem examination and detailed case history review were performed which revealed left ventricular trauma, determined to be the cause of death. Using recorded wind speeds from the date of the incident and the weight of the umbrella, we were able to calculate the pressure with which the umbrella struck the victim to be 16,000 PSI. Witness reports, medical records, scene details, and examination of a rental beach umbrella allowed the forensic pathologist to conclude that the object causing this woman's death was a windblown beach umbrella.
(© 2018 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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