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An unusual case of railway suicide
J L Romero Palanco1, J J Gamero Lucas, M A Vizcaya Rojas
1Department of Legal Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cádiz, Spain.
Journal of Forensic Sciences
|March 31, 1999
Abstract:
A rare case of suicide in which the victim had been lying along the railway track in a supine position and with extended extremities is described. The wheels of a train caused longitudinal hemisection with complete evisceration. Epidemiological data on train suicides are given and the relationship between this method of suicide and mental illnesses and consumption of alcohol are discussed.