ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 4

Car Surfing in Indiana—An Unusual Form of Motor Vehicle Fatality
Kohr, RM
Vigo County Coroner, Terre Haute Regional Hospital, IN

(Received 3 February 1992; accepted 16 March 1992)

Abstract

A new form of joyride known as “car surfing” with fatal results is documented. The possible role of this activity in extra-vehicular motor vehicle deaths involving teenage or youthful drivers is described. Potential scene and autopsy findings are discussed.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, motor vehicle fatality, car surfing, accidental death

Paper ID: JFS13361J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13361J
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