Cuyahoga County, Ohio. This individual has suffered from a fatal boat propeller chop wounds of the trunk and lower extremity, the image is taken after cleanup and wound reconstruction. No further info about this case.
Propeller wounds represent an example of patterned injury resulting from contact with watercraft. While the typical scenario involves injuries caused by the propellers of boats and other personal watercraft, other less typical circumstances should be considered such as propeller injuries caused by underwater industrial pumps. Characteristic propeller injuries are chop-like wounds that can have features of both blunt and sharp force type injuries, specifically cuts or incised wounds with abraded edges.
Fig.1 Fatal boat propeller chop wounds of the trunk.
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