Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

Kite flying is a popular sport in India among children and young adult males especially during spring season. However this sport turned fatal for a girl aged five years when she sustained fatal cut throat injury by a kite thread. The girl was seated in front on a motorbike driven by her father when her neck came across the kite string of a flying kite. She succumbed to her injuries within an hour of the accident. Fatal cases due to cut throat injury by kite thread are rarely reported in literature. The case highlights the need for law enforcement agencies to create awareness among people and form rules and regulations to avoid fatal consequences of such a sport.