Fatal Chest Injury Caused by Windblown Beach Umbrella
| Autor: | Larry Weinstein, Wendy M. Gunther, Allyse B. Harris, Amy P. Fantaskey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
congenital
hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalities medicine.medical_specialty Forensic pathology Injury control business.industry Accident prevention General surgery technology industry and agriculture Poison control Chest injury Pathology and Forensic Medicine 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Blunt 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Forensic pathologist Genetics medicine lipids (amino acids peptides and proteins) 030216 legal & forensic medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Forensic Sciences. 63:1892-1894 |
| ISSN: | 0022-1198 |
| Popis: | 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. |
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