[RipSawyer]

I didn't mean to give you the impression that the man fell six inches. He would have been standing up on that surface that was only six inches off the ground. Picture a rather tall individual, grossly overweight, pitching forward on to his belly on a hard roadbed. It would be similiar to a very fat man falling off a slow moving skateboard. I have no problem believing his belly could have burst open. At any rate I am sorry I started this. I was merely trying to illustrate that it seems to me to be a very simple matter as to why an obese person would be more likely to suffer catastrophic injury than a person of normal weight.

[SarahW]

Well heck, He probably had a hernia. One sharp lacerating blow plus squeezing from weight would be all it would take.

And consider this - he might have has a collagen defect, they're rather common in certain populations in the south, incl. Alabama. The skin can overstretch if tugged slowly - but will snap, literally unzip if hit the right way. Kinda like silly putty.

[flyervet]

I didn't mean to give you the impression that the man fell six inches.

What do you mean the impression that he fell six inches? You said he fell six inches moving at two miles per hour. No impression is involved. You said he fell six inches. Period.

He would have been standing up on that surface that was only six inches off the ground.

No kidding. I understood that part. I have no problem believing his belly could have burst open.

And you also have no understanding of basic anatomy. Human beings don't simply burst open unless they fall from a great height or at a great speed.