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(49,228 posts) Sun Jul 17, 2022, 10:53 AM Jul 2022

Blunt force trauma to the torso? [View all]

We know that older people fall. I've read someplace that we are losing nerve endings in our soles as we age and cannot adequately judge the ground under us.

Yes, happened to me once some years back.

Thus, I can see someone, including Ivana Trump losing her balance and falling down the stairs. In most cases people die by hitting their heads but how can a blunt force to the torso kill?

I am not talking "conspiracy" just curious. Would the kidneys? the spleen? a major blood vessel? be the cause?

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It seems odd... 2naSalit Jul 2022 #1

The coroner said she had a heart attack PJMcK Jul 2022 #2

The story keeps moniss Jul 2022 #5

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence PJMcK Jul 2022 #6

First of all moniss Jul 2022 #13

There's a coroner's report PJMcK Jul 2022 #20

I have no idea where moniss Jul 2022 #21

Wow PJMcK Jul 2022 #22

Someone diagnosed heart attack and called 911? LastDemocratInSC Jul 2022 #10

Thank you. This makes sense. I think that my question should have been phrased differently question everything Jul 2022 #15

I don't know why moniss Jul 2022 #3

Agree and it may have nothing to do with Ivana. The question should have been: can someone die from question everything Jul 2022 #16

I have been trying to envision the mechanics of a fall... 3catwoman3 Jul 2022 #4

Broken ribs The Unmitigated Gall Jul 2022 #7

Falls down the stairs can kill Warpy Jul 2022 #8

This brings exhausting flashbacks.. luvs2sing Jul 2022 #9

I am sorry about your loss. Bad enough to lose a relative but then to be subjected to crazy claims. question everything Jul 2022 #18

I tripped over my firepit a few weeks ago. OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2022 #11

And this is the question. All of us fall and hit our torse in different parts, hurting, bruising question everything Jul 2022 #19

Surely there are CCTV and staff at this plush condo that can tell if she had "visitors". Midnight Writer Jul 2022 #12

It's unfortunate. If one can avoid stairs in old age... brush Jul 2022 #14

I keep thinking about how it was said to be a four story apartment. vanlassie Jul 2022 #17