Forensic Consideration in the Case of Motor boat Collision / 대한법의학회지

The civilization has given us a great comfort and convenience but also it has been threatening our life at the same time. Recently among these causes of death the traffic accident is the most dangerous thing to threat our life. Most traffic accidents happen on the road but are increasing on the sea and river recently. Accordingly this paper presents an accident example for a boat collision accident which was anlalyzed from the evidences drawn by forensic medical and scientific methods for a passenger death accident by a collision between two boats. The forensic medical accident interpretation was made up by autopsy and drug toxicology inspection. A person who has met an unnatural death at the accident time was drunken condition. The cause of death was judged by the multiple viscera injury, and presumed to be killed by applying an high external force. In order to perform a forensic scientific analysis, we investigated the passenger's life jacket that a person killed in the accident was wearing and also investigated the external appearance of two boats which have 150h.p and 130h.p. Through comparing the position of two boats with the direction of impact on the surface of the water, we could assume that the 130h.p boat impacted the tail on the right side of 150h.p boat with constant acceleration or constant velocity.

Unusual Case of Fatal Carbon Monoxide Poisoning due to Faulty Chimney Duct / 대한법의학회지

Carbon monoxide(CO) is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, and non-irritating gas whose relative density is a little less than that of air. The most common sources of CO in deaths are fires, automobile exhaust, defective heaters, and incomplete combustion of burning products, such as charcoal briquets. CO is produced whenever organic materials are burned with inadequate supply of oxygen necessary to produce complete combustion. The CO poisoning is one of the most common causes of death in developing and underdeveloped countries. Almost fatal CO poisoning cases, mostly accidental or suicidal deaths occur in enclosed or restricted place nearby fuel-burning heating appliances. However, this case occurred in very unusual place away from the heating appliances due to faulty chimney duct. Because of a peculiar place, it is difficult to imagine the cause of death as a CO poisoning. Deaths from CO inhalation can occur if the individual is in proximity to a rich source of CO for a prolonged time. Therefore, even though men dies away from the heating appliance, it is necessary to bear in mind the possibility of CO poisoning.