YES. Under special conditions or circumstances a heart attack, usually considered a natural death, resulting from coronary artery disease (CAD), might be considered an accidental death. This is a legal and medical question, but there are numerous USA coroner cases where the courts found some heart attacks to be accidental deaths.
The conditions and circumstances to support a determination of accidental death include (a) Taking certain drugs, such as cocaine; (b) smoking cigarettes; (c) suffering emotional stress or pain; and (d) being exposed to extreme cold.
One example would be an elderly woman who has been in a rear end collision. She is already in shock from the trauma of the crash and sees her husband bleeding from the head, un-moving and leaning against the steering wheel. Thinking he is dead, she panics, becomes hysterical and causes excessive adrenalin to enter her system which causes the accumulated plaque in her coronary artery to rip off as a clot. That is turn blocks the artery, cutting off the heart's own blood flow which begins to kill the heart muscle. She may die in minutes or hours later in a hospital if her heart condition is not detected soon enough. The accident exacerbated her condition; her's was not a natural death.
Since the seizure itself cannot kill you the fact that your brain temporarily stops your heart and breathing it is scary to someone trying to help. If you died during seizure it is because of a fall or choking on food or if driving accident in the vehicle. So i would say yes due to what activity was happening when you have the seizure, I would think it would be considered an accidental death.
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No, natural causes.
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Most of what I have seen from other sources indicates that NO, a stroke is NOT considered accidental death, and is generally viewed as "dying of natural causes". There could be circumstances where a stroke might be viewed as accidental death, if the stroke was caused by a trauma or some other factor.
Considering that there is only one answer to this question above, and it's entirely wrong, I just wanted to add this to ensure that people don't get the wrong information. I'm not an authority on this subject, just looking for the same information that you are.
No, natural death
It is usually called 'Asphyxiation'. But depending if it was done purposefully or by an accidental cause; the terms may differ.
It depends on the circumstances.
Choking to death
If no one pushed you, yes.
Kevin Gilbert, a talented musician and songwriter, passed away in 1996 at the age of 29. His death was ruled as accidental and was attributed to carbon monoxide poisoning. Gilbert's sudden and tragic death was a great loss to the music industry and his many fans around the world.
It can cause death by asphyxiation.
Asphyxiation
Mark Fidrych, former Major League Baseball pitcher, passed away in 2009 from accidental asphyxiation on his farm. He was working underneath a dump truck when its bed lowered and pinned him, causing his death.
If the policy was an accidental death policy, probably. Accidental death usually relates to accidents on common carriers such as a plane, train, automobile,or bus. An OD would not be considered an accidental death.
His death was accidental.
An asphyxiant is a substance which causes death or injury by lack of oxygen.