Title 

Carelessness leading to Impalement injury to orbit - an avoidable consequence for motorcyclists.

Authors 

Karthi Vignesh Raj K, Siddhartha Das, Venktesh J, T Sudharson, Anam Khan

Abstract 

A Road traffic incident (RTI) is an accident which is defined “as any injury due to crashes originating from, terminating with or involving a vehicle partially or fully on a public road”. It is the leading cause of mortality which happens due to the carelessness of the people. There are multiple types and pattern of injuries observed in such incidents. However, the impalement injuries also play a major role in causing devastating and deadly injuries. Here we report a case of one such deadly incident involving an element of impalement. The novelty of this case is to create awareness scientifically among the public to follow the safety measures while driving. In addition to this, the injuries observed is compared with various other literature published and the mechanism by which they had been produced.

 Keywords

Road traffic incident, Impalement injuries, Penetrating injury, Orbit fracture, Road Safety.

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