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===Motor vehicle vs. pedestrian=== | ===Motor vehicle vs. pedestrian=== | ||
If the pedestrian is standing during the initial impact one classically finds, at bumper level, a lower limb fracture with a ''Messerer wedge'' (German: ''Messerer-Kiel'');<ref name=pmid11376986>{{Cite journal | last1 = Karger | first1 = B. | last2 = Teige | first2 = K. | last3 = Fuchs | first3 = M. | last4 = Brinkmann | first4 = B. | title = Was the pedestrian hit in an erect position before being run over? | journal = Forensic Sci Int | volume = 119 | issue = 2 | pages = 217-20 | month = Jun | year = 2001 | doi = | PMID = 11376986 }} | If the pedestrian is standing during the initial impact one classically finds, at bumper level, a lower limb fracture with a ''Messerer wedge'' (German: ''Messerer-Kiel'');<ref name=pmid11376986>{{Cite journal | last1 = Karger | first1 = B. | last2 = Teige | first2 = K. | last3 = Fuchs | first3 = M. | last4 = Brinkmann | first4 = B. | title = Was the pedestrian hit in an erect position before being run over? | journal = Forensic Sci Int | volume = 119 | issue = 2 | pages = 217-20 | month = Jun | year = 2001 | doi = | PMID = 11376986 }} | ||
</ref> the wedge points in the direction of (impact) force. | </ref> the wedge points in the direction of the (impact) force. | ||
==Autopsy== | ==Autopsy== | ||