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Common Passenger Injuries Vehicular Crash Include Lower Extremity

Front What are some common passenger injuries in a vehicular crash?
Back They include lower extremity fractures (knees into the dashboard), flail chest (rib cage into the steering wheel), and head trauma (head into the windshield).

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