Abstract
Correction: On 16th February 2017, the author K. Peiris was removed from this paper. The author had been inadvertently included. This error is regretted. - Editor A body found by the road without obvious fatal injury presents a considerable challenge to the forensic pathologist. A thorough autopsy is instrumental in eliciting the cause of death (COD) and reconstruction of events leading to the death in an unusual case. In the case described following autopsy, COD was given as hemorrhagic shock due to penetrating injury to the left jugular vein caused by glass. Retrospective examination of the crime scene helped in the reconstruction of events where a pedal-cyclist died after knocking on the side mirror of a parked lorry. The contributory factors highlight the need for a blood alcohol concentration limit for pedal-cyclists.
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A body found with an unknown x 2.5cm was found on the anterior triangle circumstance and cause of death requires an of the neck
The underlying left obvious evidence of cause of death and jugular vein was pierced by a triangular lacking an eyewitness to corroborate the shaped glass particle measuring 14 x 16 x circumstance of death, the role of the
When considering the crouched posture commonly assumed by pedal cyclists, the heights are compatible for a collision of a pedal cyclist with the side mirror
Summary
A body found with an unknown x 2.5cm was found on the anterior triangle circumstance and cause of death requires an of the neck. When a dead body present between the two heads of the left is found by the side of the road, with no sternocleidomastoid. The underlying left obvious evidence of cause of death and jugular vein was pierced by a triangular lacking an eyewitness to corroborate the shaped glass particle measuring 14 x 16 x circumstance of death, the role of the
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