An Accidental Decapitation Resulting from Head Protruding Out of Bus

[hermantheshocker]

India. A 24-year-old woman was traveling in a bus with her child and husband, she was seated on the right side in the last row beside a window. It was a non-air-conditioned 2x2 bus having a front door on the left side and window panes of sliding fiber glass without any grille. Around 4.00 a.m., due to the sudden bumping of the bus the head of the deceased protruded through the window. At the same time, a truck coming from the opposite direction passed at speed close to the bus. As the deceased’s head was sticking out of the window, it hit the right front corner of the truck. There was severance of the head in a scissor mechanism between the truck and the window of the bus.


Fig.1 Head and face were decapitated at C1 to C2 cervical vertebra with partial presence of scalp tissue of posterior aspect present with margins of the wound abraded and contused.


Fig.2 Crushing of neck muscles, trachea, esophagus, large vessels, nerves, cervical spine and cord.


Fig.3 Body seen lying in the bus after decapitation of victim.

As it was early morning, most of the passengers were fast asleep, along with the victim. Hence, neither the passengers nor the victim herself or her husband were able to extricate her head from the window of the bus. The bus was not equipped with any modern safety device or seat belts or any grilles on the windows. The speed of bus travel at the time of impact is not precisely known, but the usual speeds at which buses travel in India range from 60 to 90km/h. After a while, the victim’s husband realized what had happened and cried for help.


Fig.4 The bus damaged only at the corner on right side corresponding to the victim’s seat in the bus (rear view).


Fig.5 The bus damaged only at the corner on right side corresponding to the victim’s seat in the bus (side view).

On external examination, the deceased was of average build wearing traditional Indian clothes of sari and blouse. The clothes were soaked with blood. The head and face were crushed and decapitated at the level of C1 to C2 cervical vertebra with partial presence of posterior scalp tissue. The injury extended up to the upper one-third of her neck. The margins of the wound were abraded and contused. Oblique crushed decapitation injury was noted at the level of the hyoid bone anteriorly and between C1 and C2 cervical vertebrae posteriorly. An irregular line of transection could be seen running from the anterior side of the neck at the level of the hyoid bone to posteriorly between the occipital bone and C1 vertebra, with the surface showing crushing of neck muscles, trachea, esophagus, large vessels, nerves, cervical spine and cord. No other external injury was noted.

On internal examination, all other organs were intact and pale. At the site of the incident, the head was missing. It may have adhered to the truck which did not stop. Hairs and some traces of tissue were found in the bus. It was concluded that the deceased died due to accidental decapitation due to the protrusion of her head from the window of the bus.

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[nudibranches646]

When your number is up, don’t catch the bus.

[ride]

Yikes. Talk about a random way to die.

[BiteNite]

Originally Posted by nudibranches646

When your number is up, don’t catch the bus.

beware of buses in india!
i'm not sure if it's me, but this movie clip of a bus crash in india is fucken hilarious

[ride]

Originally Posted by BiteNite

i'm not sure if it's me, but this movie clip of a bus crash in india is fucken hilarious

No flip-flops were harmed in the making of this video.

[BiteNite]

Originally Posted by ride

No flip-flops were harmed in the making of this video.

flip flops scattered around...the guy flung in between 2 buses before they crash...a sword flying through the air and the camera following it into the guy's chest...the middle aged guy's head cracking through the window....all f'n hillarious!

[William May]

Originally Posted by BiteNite

flip flops scattered around...the guy flung in between 2 buses before they crash...a sword flying through the air and the camera following it into the guy's chest...the middle aged guy's head cracking through the window....all f'n hillarious!

I keep telling people how great Indian movies are, but no one gets to see them. They are awesome! They do EVERYTHING over the top. If it's a shooting scene, bullets are flying everywhere. If it's a car crash, broken glass and bodies are flying everywhere. If it's a rape or a sex scene, well..........there's a LOT of dancing everywhere!.......oh, well, you can't have everything.
But Indian movies are just totally rad! If you like cinema, go see an Indian movie!

[William May]

Originally Posted by ride

No flip-flops were harmed in the making of this video.

Buckaroo, the flip-flops are trained actors, too!

[philovan]

Did you notice that truck they passed along the way? It must have been at least a 60 wheeler!

[William May]

Originally Posted by philovan

Did you notice that truck they passed along the way? It must have been at least a 60 wheeler!

That's nothing! In Australia they have semi trucks that are pulling 8-12 trailers, in a huge road train. They just have straight roads for hundreds of miles and no one else on the road. Semi-trucks in Australia are much larger than U.S. semis. They are real MONSTERS.