Two death cases originating from supplementary heater in the cabins of parked trucks

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dc.contributor.authorDemirci, Serafettin
dc.contributor.authorDogan, Kamil Hakan
dc.contributor.authorErkol, Zerrin
dc.contributor.authorGunaydin, Gursel
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-26T17:41:02Z
dc.date.available2020-03-26T17:41:02Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.departmentSelçuk Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractA supplementary heater can be mounted in trucks or other transportation vehicles and used to heat the air in the cabin independent of the engine of the vehicle. This apparatus works with diesel fuel or gasoline. Combustion products burning in the pre-combustion chamber heat the fins of the engine. The air passing through the fins is heated and is transferred into the cabin. The malfunction of such an apparatus may be the cause of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning or fire. In this study, we report two cases in which drivers died while asleep in the cabins of parked trucks. In the first case, a 43-year-old man died because of CO poisoning originating from a broken supplementary heater. In the second case, a 48-year-old man died owing to a fire that resulted from the burning of upholstery cloths in the truck cabin, and which was caused by a supplementary heater set at very high temperatures. In both cases, it was determined by a technical expert that the CO poisoning in the first case and the fire in the second case were caused by the supplementary heater in the trucks. It is emphasized in this article that the supplementary heater in the truck might be the cause of mortal CO poisoning as well as be responsible for fires in the cabins of the trucks. It aims to highlight that a detailed investigation of supplementary heaters at the death scene is required for such death cases in the trucks. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd and Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jflm.2008.08.008en_US
dc.identifier.endpage100en_US
dc.identifier.issn1752-928Xen_US
dc.identifier.issn1532-2009en_US
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.pmid19135005en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage97en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2008.08.008
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/23998
dc.identifier.volume16en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000207858100010en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherELSEVIER SCI LTDen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJOURNAL OF FORENSIC AND LEGAL MEDICINEen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.selcuk20240510_oaigen_US
dc.subjectHeateren_US
dc.subjectCarbon monoxideen_US
dc.subjectTrucken_US
dc.subjectDeathen_US
dc.titleTwo death cases originating from supplementary heater in the cabins of parked trucksen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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