Akane A, Shiono H, Matsubara K, Takahashi S
Department of Legal Medicine, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1990 Sep;11(3):246-51. doi: 10.1097/00000433-199009000-00015.
We report on a three-occupant automobile collision in which one of the two survivors claimed that the deceased had operated the vehicle. We attempted to identify the driver. The left face and neck of the deceased appeared to have struck the vehicle's interior. The survivors were slightly injured on the right side of their faces. In Japan, the passenger side is on the left, and in this case, the right side of the vehicle had been damaged. By comparing the injuries of the deceased and the survivors in relation to the vehicle damages, we concluded that the deceased occupant had probably been a passenger, not the driver.
我们报告一起涉及三名驾乘人员的汽车碰撞事故，两名幸存者中的一人声称死者是车辆驾驶员。我们试图确定驾驶员身份。死者的左脸和颈部似乎撞到了车内。幸存者脸部右侧受了轻伤。在日本，乘客侧在左侧，而在此次事故中，车辆右侧已受损。通过比较死者和幸存者的伤势与车辆损坏情况，我们得出结论，死者很可能是乘客，而非驾驶员。
