Weird question about car accident injuries? Help please?

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Emily A

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I'm curious about what type of injuries would most likely be possible for a teenager in a car accident. Let's say: Two teenage boys around 17-years-old are driving home in a parent's SUV. Traveling over 85 mph, the driver loses control and runs off into the median, causing the vehicle to flip or roll on it's side at least 6 times. The passenger is thrown from the car and the driver is trapped inside. Saying that the passenger does not survive but the driver does, what kind of injuries would be realistic? Head trauma? Broken leg?

Please help. Trying to write a fiction piece for a class. THANKS!
 
There are a lot of variables, because no single motor vehicle accident will be the same.

How is the driver trapped? Are they trapped because they can't get the door open, or are they trapped because parts of the car are pressing on them? If it's the latter you could expect 'crush injury'. Also due to the mechanism, there would be serious spinal considerations, possible leg fractures (both from being trapped and their knees hitting the dash on impact), most certainly some form of head trauma from hitting it on the B pillar of the vehicle. Cuts and abrasions from the broken glass.
Also they may have internal injuries, lacerated liver, ruptured spleen.
To be honest high speed accidents are often very gruesome - a thing most young kids don't seem to realise!
 
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