Pohoda No. II (Delayed Death - following Music Festival)

Czech version

Authors: F. Štuller; F. Novomeský; Ľ. Straka; J. Krajčovič
Authors‘ workplace: Ústav súdneho lekárstva a medicínskych expertíz JLF UK a UN v Martine
Published in: Soud Lék., 56, 2011, No. 3, p. 34-35
Category: Original Article

Overview

A mass tragedy on the Slovak biggest music festival „POHODA“, caused by a windstorm, shocked whole society, even abroad. Many questions concerned a causality and a circumstances of the incident arose immediately.

The forensic autopsies of victims (29-aged man and 19-aged woman) represented a very special expertise act in police investigation of the case.

Keywords:
mass tragedy – purulent encephalitis

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Labels

Anatomical pathology Forensic medical examiner Toxicology

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An autopsy case of multiple psychotropic drug poisoning

A fatal case of severe methemoglobinemia presumably due to chlorate ingestion

Article was published in

Forensic Medicine

2011 Issue 3