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D. Vijaya Raghavendra1, K. Ravimuni2 , K. Usha Rani3
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Modes, Manner of deaths and types of injuries in Warangal Municipal Limits D. Vijaya Raghavendra1, K. Ravimuni2 , K. Usha Rani3
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Publisher : Institute of Medico-legal Publications Pvt Ltd

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v14i4.11461

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Accident is an unexpected, unplanned occurrence which may involve injury or it may be defined as anunpremeditated event resulting in recognizable damage. Railway related injuries are not those uncommonoccurrences in forensic practice. Among the varied presentation of injuries, superficial injuries along withfractures were commonly observed. Over the last 15 years many railway accidents have happened in AndhraPradesh and in India. Following these train accidents, there has been a large amount of public debate aboutsafety management on the Indian railways. These accidents have raised issues regarding the effectiveness ofthe safety management of the railway system. This paper presents a summary of the results of a preliminarysystemic analysis of several rail accidents in and around Warangal City. The present study was conductedin the Department of Forensic Medicine, Warangal Medical College, Warangal from January 2013 to June2014 i.e., 12 months, during which the total postmortem cases were 74 occurred in the jurisdiction of theGovt. Railway Police Station, Warangal. The factors taken to enumerate the study are cause of death, mannerof death, relationship between scene of offense and cause of death, relation of intoxication status to themanner of death, age versus manner of death and period of survival.
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