Tyre-Blast Injuries

A teenager college student was fatally injured by burst tire air pressure while waiting on a public bus stand to catch a bus to reach her college at Kuala Lumpur. She accidentally came near the wheel while boarding when tube and tire got burst .The air pressure had blown the girl in the air and she subsequently fell on a rough surface. The iron-locking rim of the wheel acted as a missile and hit the girl. She died on her way to the hospital. A medico-legal autopsy was performed which showed extensive injuries in the cranial and chest cavity. Head had large scalp laceration with diffuse separation and gaping from in the vault region; skull bones were fractured. Chest cavity had extensive rib fractures, lacerated lungs and haemo-thorax while externally there was no obvious injury. It requires intensive care management and screening of the victims. Tire-blast injuries are not so common. This case exposes the hazard due to burst tire.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Murty, O P
• Publication Date: 2009-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos; References;
• Pagination: pp 224-227
• Serial:
  • Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1752-928X
  • Serial URL: http://www.jflmjournal.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Emergencies; Equipment; Fatalities; Injuries; Medical case reports; Penetrating injuries; Tire components; Tires; Wheel rims
• Uncontrolled Terms: Intensive care
• Subject Areas: Highways; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01131349
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 29 2009 7:43AM