• A_A@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Pathologists of Lemmy : does most people (36y old, …) dying from a single punch have a pre-existing condition ? Looks quite odd.

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      10 months ago

      15 years ago, my taekwondo instructor punched a mugger in the chest only once, and the man’s rib broke and stabbed his heart and then he died. My instructor spent spent 2 or 3 years of jailtime for the crime “unintentionally killing”.

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      10 months ago

      Not a pathologist but def if you got the right place anything can happen. As an anecdote, when I was growing up a fight started on the sidewalk I’m front of my house with some teens (not like big guys by any measure) and the guy threw one punch and the dude got knocked out. Hit him right in the temple and the dude died in the hospital after.

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      Likely a skull fracture. I doubt it was done with a fist. More likely a bat.

      Nikhil’s nose and some teeth were broken.

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        The police further informed that “during the fight, Renuka punched Nikhil in the face. The impact of the punch was so hard that Nikhil’s nose and some teeth were broken. With heavy bleeding, Nikhil lost consciousness.”

        there’s no hint of a weapon, and the only word they use is “punch”… she has a deadly fist…