Crash helmet – the harbinger of death: a case report

Mojahid Anwar; Mohammad Asrarul Haque; Faiz Ahmad; Munawwar Husain; Jawad Ahmad Usmani

doi:10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20150850

Authors

Mojahid Anwar Department of Forensic Medicine, JNMCH, AMU, Aligarh, UP
Mohammad Asrarul Haque Department of Forensic Medicine, JNMCH, AMU, Aligarh, UP
Faiz Ahmad Department of Forensic Medicine, JNMCH, AMU, Aligarh, UP
Munawwar Husain Department of Forensic Medicine, JNMCH, AMU, Aligarh, UP
Jawad Ahmad Usmani Department of Forensic Medicine, JNMCH, AMU, Aligarh, UP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20150850

Keywords:

Helmet, Elbow crook, Freak accident, Pillion rider, Strap entanglement

Abstract

In one of the rarest form of freak accident, a young woman surrendered to her death in a manner that belie the reality only to be played back in a slow motion sequence. History is replete of instances in which death struck individuals in otherwise innocent forms. In this case – elaborated below – a helmet tucked under the crook of an elbow became the undoing causing the woman to topple backward in a slow-motion, the head striking the hard surface of the road and precipitating her death later in a hospital.

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