ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 3

Dragging Deaths: A Case in Point
Dix, JD
Boone County medical examiner and assistant professor pathology, University of Missouri-Columbia, MO

Bolesta, S
Resident in pathology, University of Missouri-Columbia, MO

(Received 21 April 1987; accepted 20 July 1987)

Abstract

A 16-year-old boy was riding his bicycle when he was struck by a truck. He was dragged over 2½ miles (4 km) before he was deposited on the side of the road. The injuries evident at autopsy revealed the boy died from dragging and not from the initial impact. The scene, and the autopsy findings, will be discussed.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, dragging, death, accidents

Paper ID: JFS12497J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12497J
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