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A fatal accident on the football field

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A 21-year old centre forward died after a collision with the opposing goalkeeper during a football match. The centre forward fell to the ground on his back and the goalkeeper fell on top of him, his knee hitting the centre forward hard in the chest and neck. There was no obvious foul and the referee did not award a penalty. The ambulance arrived too late to save the player's life. The medicolegal autopsy revealed a severe contusion of the larynx and rupture of thyroid cartilage, which resulted in hemorrhage and caused death by suffocation.

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Ein 21 Jahre alter Stürmer starb nach einer Kollision mit dem gegnerischen Torwart während eines Fußballspiels. Der Stürmer fiel auf den Boden auf seinen Rücken und der Torwart fiel auf ihn herauf, wobei sein Knie den Stürmer hart am Brustkorb und am Hals traf. Es gab kein offensichtliches Foul und der Schiedsrichter gab auch keinen Freistoß. Der Rettungsdienst erreichte den Unfallort zu spät, um den Stürmer noch zu retten. Die gerichtsmedizinische Obduktion deckte eine schwere Kontusion des Kehlkopfs und eine Ruptur des Schildknorpels auf, welche zu einer Blutung führte und den Tod durch Erstickung verursachte.

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Varga, M., Takács, P. A fatal accident on the football field. Int J Leg Med 104, 47–48 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01816484

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