What type of pelvic fracture

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A patient presents to the emergency department after jumping from a third story and landing on the right foot, then falling to the ground. There is pain and crepitus to the right hip when applying gentle downward and medial pressure to the iliac crests. This mechanism of injury is most consistent with what type of pelvic fracture? Posterior compression fracture, Laurel, compressions fracture, vertical, sheer fracture, or anterior compression fracture?

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