Internal injuries in vehicular accidents may be due to what iscalled the \"third collision\" The first collision is the vehiclehitting the external object. The second collision is the personhitting something on the inside of the car, such as the dashboardor windshield. This may cause external lacerations. The thirdcollision, possibly the most damaging to the body, is when organs,such as the heart or brain, hit the ribcage, skull, or otherconfines of the body, bruising the tissues on the leading edge andtearing the organ from its supporting structures on the trailingedge.
A) Why is there a third collision? In other words, why are theorgans still moving after the second collision?
B) If the vehicle was traveling at 60 mph before the firstcollision, would the organs be traveling more than, equal to, orless than 60 mph just before the third collision?
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