Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 224-227, May 2009

Tyre-blast injuries

  • O.P. Murty, MBBS MD (Professor Forensic Pathology)

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress: Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Room No. 304, Second Floor, New Forensic Block, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110 029, India. Tel.: +91 11 126593274/264944944.

Faculty of Medicine, UITM, Shah Alam, Malaysia 40450, Malaysia

Received 19 February 2008; received in revised form 8 December 2008; accepted 9 December 2008.

Abstract 

A teenager college student was fatally injured by burst tyre 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 tyre 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. Tyre-blast injuries are not so common. This case exposes the hazard due to burst tyre.

Keywords: Tyre-blast, Tyre-blast injuries, Air-pressure injuries, Tyre burst, Burst-tyre

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PII: S1752-928X(08)00234-5

doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2008.12.027

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 224-227, May 2009

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