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Fatal laryngeal injury in an achondroplastic dwarf secondary to airbag deployment
D Roberts1, C Pexa, B Clarkowski
1Department of Emergency Medicine, North Memorial Medical Center, Robbinsdale, Minnesota, USA.
Pediatric Emergency Care
|August 25, 1999
Abstract:
We report the case of an unrestrained driver with achondroplastic dwarfism who suffered a fatal anterior neck injury when her airbag deployed as she rear-ended another vehicle at 30-40 mph. Her short stature and short limbs required her to sit within a handbreadth of the steering wheel, which probably allowed the airbag or airbag cover to strike her neck as it opened. This is the first reported case of fatal injury to a driver with achondroplastic dwarfism.