In most cases, a person who dies in an auto accident, dies of multiple blunt force injuries; yet an auto accident is also an example of a scene were depending upon how the body of the decedent is positioned in the car as well as the integrity of the car after the accident, the decedent could die from mechanical or positional asphyxia. If the compartment in the vehicle where the decedent is found is compressed such that part of the vehicle is compressing against the decedent making normal respiration difficult or impossible it is quite possible that the death would be due to mechanical asphyxia.

An example that the death following motor vehicle accident can be attributed to positional asphyxia is if the motor vehicle is rolled over to its roof and the decedent’s neck and head are overly flexed or extended as was explained in positional asphyxia deaths after falls. The precise position of the decedent will have to be recorded in their entirety so that the forensic pathologist is availed with the maximum information on how the deceased was disposed in the car. In any asphyxia death, a complete autopsy shall be required to ascertain the actual or root cause and this is specifically so where an individual has also been involved in a major trauma and any and all such injuries shall have to be balanced with the likelihood of a mechanical or positional asphyxia when establishing the cause of death.

Violence, Injury, and Trauma

Road traffic injuries are the main reason of trauma, followed by falls and intentional violence. Physical and sexual violence takes place in one out of 10 women. Domestic violence has received epidemic proportions in the United States where the annually rate of 1% to 20% of assaults occur among pregnant women. In a study done on 114 obstetric patients treated in trauma at University of California-San Diego, 70% of the traumas resulted from motor vehicle accidents, 40 percent of them, were not using seatbelt. Violence was identified in twelve percent of all patients that required the traumatology wards.

Injury, Transportation: Auto Accident Injury

Transportation injury by auto accident, refers to car, truck, industrial vehicle and motorized two-wheel vehicles which includes motorcycle and scooters. It is possible to have a number of broad accidents for various conditions. It may involve only motor vehicle and occupants of the vehicle or may involve one or more motorized vehicles including bicycles and pedestrians (Norman, 1962). These daily occurrences are; hitting the car or striking an object on the road or striking person, other vehicle, animal, object on the road or any barrier like a tree or post. Automobile accident may be classified to head-on, side-on or rear and may be a combination of such accidents.

What Are the Steps Taken to Get Compensation for The Injury of An Individual?

There are some steps that one has to follow in case of personal injury case. These include…

• Many issues that might arise during the course of planning will require the opinion of a legal advisor. For example, have your attorney move for a preservation of evidence in the case.
• Refer Some of the facts in relation to your accident.
• In the process of hiring the necessary legal assistance, having the motivation, having evidence that may have been lost, identifying the cause and the degree of the injuries.
• Determine liability
• Determine your next move for your claim depending on the assessment made by your attorney
• File a demand letter to the insurance company of the other side.
• After that, a demand letter is sent out to the insurance company, your attorney will then try to negotiate for a settlement. In case a settlement cannot be reached, it would lead to filing of a lawsuit.

How Will I Know That I’m Able to Hire Lawyers?

Mostly lawyers operate under a contingency fee arrangement, which reveals you don’t pay us unless you get paid. We then deduct certain proportion from what is recovered plus all the cost we have incurred for whatever we have paid on your side to have the case come to a closure. Thus, there is no fixed cost to the client which is very important in business. It will be the work of the attorneys to ensure that you get back as much as you can.

You ought to consult a lawyer practicing in the field of personal injuries as soon as possible after the accident.