1Associate Professor of, Forensic Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College, Karnataka, India
2Professor of, Forensic Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College, Karnataka, India
3Professor of, Forensic Medicine, Calicut Medical College, Kerala, India
*Address for Correspondence: Dr. Kishor Kumar Badiadka Associate Professor of Forensic Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India. Kishorkumbala1970@gmail.com Mob: -+919844550574, +919895190842
Online published on 8 July, 2016.
A study on 78 railway fatalities in Kerala showed that 65% of the dead bodies were found dismembered. Patterns of injuries in different types of railway fatalities were observed. The pattern of injuries seen in deaths due to suicide in upright positions matched with the deaths due to accidental train-person collision. Decapitation, without injuries to the trunk and lower limbs, was found commonly in those cases in which the suicide was accomplished by lying on the railway track. Decapitation was rare in other types of deaths.
Railway fatalities, Decapitation, Traumatic death
