Cause of death: internal hemorrhage
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An autopsy has determined what killed an Ohio woman, who was discovered unresponsive after riding a rollercoaster in Indiana last month.
Dawn R. Jankovic's cause of death was released on Wednesday with Dubois County Coroner Katie Schuck ruling that the 47-year-old's death had "nothing to do with the ride itself, but it basically was just the force."
The official cause of death was listed as exsanguination and avulsion of the right internal thoracic artery, Schuck said in a media release obtained by the Indy Star. In simpler terms, Jankovic had "severe blood loss internally."
The force of the rollercoaster caused an avulsion of the right internal thoracic artery, Shuck said, per 14 News.
On June 4, Jankovic was at the Holiday World & Splashin' Safari with her 17-year-old son Gunnar Merker when she was found unresponsive after riding the Voyage wooden rollercoaster, Fox 8 reported. She was transported to Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center, where she later died.
The ride was closed that day "out of respect for the family," the amusement park announced. "A full inspection of the roller coaster has been performed, and it was determined that the ride operated as it was intended to."
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Yet another good reason I don't ride things like that anymore.
You should try The Beast at Kings Island. It was a chiropractor's dream. Very rough on the body.
@mik said in Cause of death: internal hemorrhage:
Yet another good reason I don't ride things like that anymore.
You should try The Beast at Kings Island. It was a chiropractor's dream. Very rough on the body.
Yeah at 20 I craved the scariest ride and did several 50 foot jumps into water. I stopped that crap a long time ago, the body no longer forgives nor forgets.
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@george-k said in Cause of death: internal hemorrhage:
"nothing to do with the ride itself, but it basically was just the force."
Someone tell him that it was the ride that provided the force….
