1.   He had blood in the ears that we see with basilar skull fractures, but really no other external evidence of trauma.

2.   He found that Earnhardt died of massive head whiplash that caused a basilar skull fracture.

3.   Passenger Yoshimichi Inada, senior managing director at Pioneer Electronics, remained hospitalized with a basilar skull fracture.

4.   That impact produced a basilar skull fracture.

5.   A basilar skull fracture occurs when the head whips forward violently, essentially separating the base of the skull from the spinal cord.

6.   Adam Petty, Kenny Irwin and truck racer Tony Roper died from basilar skull fractures or similar conditions.

7.   It was the fourth death in nine months, all due to basilar skull fractures caused by rapid forward head movement in collisions.