Question

A person met with an accident and died instantaneously without any injury to heart, brain, stomach or kidney, which one of the following must be the reason?
A) Diaphragm got punctured
B) Stomach stopped digestion
C) Intestine get twisted
D) RBCs got coagulated

Answer 1

Hint: Coagulation of RBCs, twisting of intestine and stoppage of digestion can cause severe issues but not instant death. Punctured diaphragms may have life-threatening impacts.

Complete solution:
Let us try to analyse the given option in order to figure what must have happened to the person who died instantaneously without any injury to the major organs.
Punctured diaphragm is not life-threatening in the first instance. However, it can have effects on the vital organs that can result in instant death. For example, it can cause blunt abdominal trauma causing spleen rupture and death. The punctured diaphragm may result in overgrowth of the abdominal organs into the chest cavity, reducing the space for the lungs and making it difficult to continue breathing. This can cause suffocation and oxygen deprivation in the body, leading to death. The heart is also located in the chest cavity. The herniation or overgrowth of abdominal organs into the chest cavity can have an impact on the heart, cutting the blood supply and causing instant death.
Stoppage in digestion can cause pain and poisoning, but it can be treated with medical intervention. It does not result in the instant death as given in the scenario. Similarly, twisting of intestines is a rare event and does not have such a life-threatening impact. Coagulation of RBCs can hinder the blood supply, but all the RBCs of the body are not coagulated at once, unless it is a genetic disorder, as seen in sickle-cell anaemia.

Note: Any injury that directly affects the lungs and heart can be fatal. The chest cavity is considered to be the most sensitive area of the body as it houses the lungs and heart.