Fatal Penetrating Neck Injury Due to Defective Airbag Inflator

The authors present a case of a fatal motor vehicle collision of a 22-year-old car driver, who died at the scene after losing control of his car, and subsequently collided with a tree by the roadside. The subsequent autopsy revealed penetrating injuries on the neck, severing the larynx, carotid artery, jugular vein and fracturing the cervical vertebrae. Internal examination showed the offending material to be a semi-cylindrical metal fragment, which had lodged within the paravertebral muscle. Examination of the car with the authorities found that the metal fragment originated from a defective airbag booster cannister, which shattered upon deployment.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2018.08.038
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379073818306716
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  • © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Jothee, Shatishraj
  • 0000-0001-5235-2954
  • Shafie, Mohamed Swarhib
  • Mohd Nor, Faridah
• Publication Date: 2018

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp e4-e7
• Serial:
  • Forensic Science International
  • Volume: 291
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0379-0738
  • EISSN: 1872-6283
  • Serial URL: http://fsijournal.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air bags; Crash injuries; Fatalities; Injury severity; Medical case reports
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01681686
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 24 2018 10:05AM