The reason people die from crush injuries is because the cells metabolise
The reason people die of crush injurues is because their cells have been
Tetabolising with insufficient oxygeies is to the restricted circula beent
metabolising with insufficient oxygen due to restricted circulation. When
the restriction is removed poison floods the kidneys and they die of toxic
shock.
At the time I was an hohourary with CDA and attended the accident. We were
sent in under the bridge to assist a medical team who had a patient who
still had some vital signs. Timber had been stacked up on the ballast in
an attempt to stop the bridge coming down any further but you could still
hear it very very slowly scraping down the abutment. The whole side of
the coach was missing (north side). I don't recall why, it may have been
removed by the rescue crews to allow the medics access. The roof was down
to the seat arm rests and the seat backs were horizontal. No body was alive
save the person refered to and he died where he was. We did not stay in
there any longer than we had to because we were too afraid of the whole
lot coming down on us.
Bob.