Traumatic asphyxial death from two-wheel ‘walking behind’ tractor

A 41-year-old man was found suspended 15 cm above the floor, hanging from the long handle-bars of a twowheel ‘walking behind’ tractor. The floor was downward sloping and muddy, which caused the tractor to dig into the floor, raising the long handle bars under the arms of the victim, and pushing him against a pillar....

Author : Jatuwit Howannapakorn MD*