[hermantheshocker]

Sorry for the low image quality. This possibly happened in Norway. In June 2003, a small Mazda 232 automobile was involved in an accident. In a sharp left curve, the car in high speed had hit the guardrail on the right side of the road. The rail was bent and destroyed. Several road sign poles with warning signs of a sharp curve were on the other side, close to the guardrail. The head of a young woman with dark blond hair was found close to one of the poles. Fifty meters from the nearest pole, the car had crashed into a mountainside after first having collided with the guardrail. The motor of the car was still running.


Fig.1 The head of the passenger. Severance lines through the base of occipital skull. The warning sign with poles. Arrow points to the place where the head of the woman was lying.


Fig.2 The car after the accident.

All car doors were closed, and both frontal airbags were released. The window on the passenger side was broken and the glass had fallen out. The windscreen was fractured and covered with bloodstains on the passenger side. In the passenger seat, a young decapitated woman was found sitting, leaning forward. The seat belt had not been in use. There was much blood inside the car on the passenger side. The driver had disappeared but was later found and arrested.


Fig.3 The car with the deceased in the front passenger seat. Safety belt seen behind the deceased.

The autopsy showed a well-built 34-year-old woman with some skin abrasions and bruises on the right arm. On the chin and in the front of the neck, few abrasions were found, indicating the site of impact. There was a little irregular cut in the skin in the front of the neck right below the chin. Around the rest of the neck, the skin was relatively sharp cut along the circumference. On the head, the cut went through the lower temple on both sides, leaving the left ear and parts of the right ear on the neck part of the torso. The occipital bone was fractured, leaving the base of the skull on the torso, and the mandible and tongue connected to the head. The cerebellum and the basal part of the occipital lobe of the brain were bruised. The pons and the medulla were torn and severed. There were fractures in the mandible, but no fracture of the cervical spine. A toxicology blood screen detected 0.18% of ethanol.


Fig.4 Guardrail and warning signs at the place of the initial impact. Arrow points to the place of impact.

The investigation revealed that both frontal airbags were released at the initial impact. The plastic cover of the right airbag had been pushed into the windscreen which was fractured but in place. The deceased in the front passenger seat did not wear seat belts. She was probably already out of the normal position in the seat when the airbag was released. She, therefore, was pushed against the right front passenger seat window, which then was broken. Owing to the release of airbags and the impact, the head of the female probably was pushed through the open window, and a pole hit the neck. The rounded pole close to the guardrail was intact. The large squared metal sign with the yellow arrow also was intact, but this sign was situated too high up to could have inflicted the injuries. The accident was therefore registered as a blunt force trauma caused by the pole.


Fig.5 3D Reconstruction of the accident. The warning sign with poles.

I created the reconstruction image so it would hopefully be easier to understand what happened. It's based on the report.

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[stowwers]

Great receation, that pole was sharp and maybe she was speeding in that curve...

[Parfa]

Ironic the sign that saved lives ended up ending one. Sacrifices had to made I guess

[HYPRTCKR]

~ I think the speeding driver & anxious passenger were betting a chicken dare on quickly getting to their destination, per as with the curve, & the passenger lost, especially because of no seat belt secured.
~ And it looks like it rained too, so the driver lost control.

[ride]

Guillotine immediacy. Car still moving, head lopped off and dropped right there.

Thanks, Herm! You know how to brighten up a holiday season!

[Pyramid_Head]

Now that's a crazy way to go.

[Yoloman]

Originally Posted by hermantheshocker ↗

Sorry for the low image quality. This possibly happened in Norway. In June 2003, a small Mazda 232 automobile was involved in an accident. In a sharp left curve, the car in high speed had hit the guardrail on the right side of the road. The rail was bent and destroyed. Several road sign poles with warning signs of a sharp curve were on the other side, close to the guardrail. The head of a young woman with dark blond hair was found close to one of the poles. Fifty meters from the nearest pole, the car had crashed into a mountainside after first having collided with the guardrail. The motor of the car was still running.

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Fig.1 The head of the passenger. Severance lines through the base of occipital skull. The warning sign with poles. Arrow points to the place where the head of the woman was lying.

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Fig.2 The car after the accident.

All car doors were closed, and both frontal airbags were released. The window on the passenger side was broken and the glass had fallen out. The windscreen was fractured and covered with bloodstains on the passenger side. In the passenger seat, a young decapitated woman was found sitting, leaning forward. The seat belt had not been in use. There was much blood inside the car on the passenger side. The driver had disappeared but was later found and arrested.

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Fig.3 The car with the deceased in the front passenger seat. Safety belt seen behind the deceased.

The autopsy showed a well-built 34-year-old woman with some skin abrasions and bruises on the right arm. On the chin and in the front of the neck, few abrasions were found, indicating the site of impact. There was a little irregular cut in the skin in the front of the neck right below the chin. Around the rest of the neck, the skin was relatively sharp cut along the circumference. On the head, the cut went through the lower temple on both sides, leaving the left ear and parts of the right ear on the neck part of the torso. The occipital bone was fractured, leaving the base of the skull on the torso, and the mandible and tongue connected to the head. The cerebellum and the basal part of the occipital lobe of the brain were bruised. The pons and the medulla were torn and severed. There were fractures in the mandible, but no fracture of the cervical spine. A toxicology blood screen detected 0.18% of ethanol.

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Fig.4 Guardrail and warning signs at the place of the initial impact. Arrow points to the place of impact.

The investigation revealed that both frontal airbags were released at the initial impact. The plastic cover of the right airbag had been pushed into the windscreen which was fractured but in place. The deceased in the front passenger seat did not wear seat belts. She was probably already out of the normal position in the seat when the airbag was released. She, therefore, was pushed against the right front passenger seat window, which then was broken. Owing to the release of airbags and the impact, the head of the female probably was pushed through the open window, and a pole hit the neck. The rounded pole close to the guardrail was intact. The large squared metal sign with the yellow arrow also was intact, but this sign was situated too high up to could have inflicted the injuries. The accident was therefore registered as a blunt force trauma caused by the pole.

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Fig.5 3D Reconstruction of the accident. The warning sign with poles.

I created the reconstruction image so it would hopefully be easier to understand what happened. It's based on the report.

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This post is for educational purposes only and is nonprofit. Under Section 107 of the US Copyright Act of 1976; Allowance is made for "Fair Use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. OP is not a medical expert. No copyright infringement intended. This post does not encourage or glorify violence/harassment. Images might have been upscaled and enhanced. Text might have been shortened and simplified/reorganized for online view.

Nice reconstruction images!

Reminds me of the partying Russian lady hanging out of the right side and hit a power pole. (Guys, she was the naked one with nice tits!)

[Sebring]

I don't know why but this makes me feel more nauseous than any other decapitated head I've seen on here. Maybe it's the angle of how it came off, it looks like a Halloween mask.

[icehole]

a pole could cut your head off?
now I'm scared

[kbt3168]

What a classic post! Wonder how long that drunk but oxygenated blood in her cerebral cortex kept her conscious…