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A Contusion Model of Severe Spinal Cord Injury in Rats
Published on: August 17, 2013
[Rare pattern of injuries after being run over by a railroad train ]
Lucia Pötsch1, Sylvester Ogbuihi
1Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Universität Mainz.
Abstract:
The article reports on findings after a suicide committed by being run over by the driving unit of an ICE train in a railway station. After recovering the body a fresh abrasion was found on the right upper abdomen with a minor laceration. Some hours later a circular abrasion mark and zones of contusion were discernible on the trunk. Whereas the integument was largely intact, the spine was severed and inner organs of the trunk were ruptured.

