[Complete severance of the trunk in a pedestrian-automobile collision].

A 70-year-old pedestrian was hit by a passenger car, when she crossed a road outside built-up areas; at the time of the collision the car drove at a speed of about 100 km/h and did not brake. In this lateral accident the trunk of the pedestrian was completely severed near the upper brim of the pelvis. The upper part of the body was flown into the interior of the car through the windscreen; the lower half of the body was found between the place of collision and the place, where the car came to a standstill. The body was not severed at the front edge of the roof, but in the region of the front edge of the engine hood. The abdominal skin and the inguinal region were marked by numerous transverse distension tears; these were indirect injuries of the collision caused by tensile strain due to inertia.