“…Certain situations such as wedging between mattresses and walls, and crushing under furniture or soda pop vending machines are age-dependent. [7][8][9] The pathological features in crush asphyxia are usually quite characteristic, with intense engorgement of the face and neck and showers of petechial haemorrhages of the skin of the face and the conjunctivae. There may also be subconjunctival haemorrhages, oedema and epistaxis.…”