1Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Aurangabad
2Resident, Dept of Forensic Medicine, S. R. T. R. Medical College, Ambajoga
3Professor & Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Aurangabad
*Corresponding Author: E-mail- santoshbhosle09@gmail.com.
Online published on 15 December, 2018.
Accidental hanging is a rare entity. Many times, the circumstantial evidence alone can sufficiently indicate the accidental nature of it's occurrence. Infants and toddlers may get exposed to a variety of dangerous situations when left sleeping in unsafe environment. Death due to accidental hanging among infants or toddlers always leads to difficulty in differentiating it from homicidal hanging. In such cases, the circumstances of the incident are sometimes so unusual that, it arouses interest among the autopsy surgeons. Here, we report the death of an 18 months toddler boy due to accidental hanging in unsafe sleeping environment associated with homemade temporary rocking cradle.
Sleeping environment, Accidental hanging, Toddler, Homemade rocking cradle
