Seat belts could have saved Cyrus Mistry and Jehangir Pandole: Experts

Speaking with mid-day after the autopsy of businessman Cyrus Mistry and Jehangir Pandole, sources from the JJ hospital's post-mortem centre said that fastened seat belts could have minimised the impact from the accident. "The impact of the accident was so bad, that both of them had sustained multiple injuries including internal, leading to immediate death," one of the sources said.

‘Seat belt could've saved their lives'

"A certificate with provisional cause of death has been made, certifying ‘death due to multiple injuries' (unnatural). The final autopsy report will be issued in the next few days," a source told mid-day after the autopsy of Cyrus Mistry and Darius Pandole JJ hospital's post-mortem centre.

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Dr Rajesh Dhere, forensic expert

Sources said the entire autopsy procedure was video recorded and even photographs were taken, at the police's request. "The impact of the accident was so bad, that both of them had sustained multiple injuries, including internal, leading to immediate death. Had they been wearing seat belts, they would have been saved from the fatal impact and lived," the source added.

Dr Rajesh Dhere, professor and the head of department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology at LTMG Medical College, said, "...seldom people adhere to safety norms of wearing seat belts if they are sitting in the rear seat."

"If there is a sudden accidental impact, the person in the rear seat would be thrown towards the forward direction and hit the front seat, and take a blunt hit predominantly over the head, neck and the spinal cord, resulting in multiple fatal injuries and immediate death. A seat belt and the rear airbag protect the most vulnerable parts of the body in an accident, and therefore wearing a seat belt must be considered an essential safe driving practice," Dr Dhere told mid-day.

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Time [on Monday] when the autopsy ended