This 55 year old male was fatally crushed by a concrete culvert. He suffered from compound skull fractures, brain lacerations, and C1- C2 fracture separation severing spinal cord. Severe rib fractures with flail chest and heart/aorta lacerations. Torn pericardial sac, hemopericardium, bilateral hemothoraces and torn diaphragm.
Fig.1 Man crushed by concrete culvert.
A concrete culvert is a tunnel structure constructed under roadways or railways. These reinforced or non-reinforced concrete structures incorporate a drainage system that funnels water or electrical from one side to another.
Fig.2 Concrete culvert.
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