Moroney, Madeleine Kate
Deceased
Madeleine Kate Moroney
Demographics
female
Date of death
2017-08-12
Finding date
2023-02-10
Cause of death
Multiple injuries and traumatic asphyxia due to motor vehicle injuries
AI-generated summary
Miss Madeleine Kate Moroney died in a single-vehicle rollover on a rural unsealed road near Windorah, Queensland on 12 August 2017. The coroner determined she was driving the vehicle at the time of the accident. Both she and her passenger, Mr Dalton-Edgley, were significantly intoxicated with blood alcohol levels well above the legal driving limit (0.159% for Moroney, estimated 0.103-0.163% for Dalton-Edgley) and both had consumed the illicit drug MDA. The vehicle swerved to avoid livestock on the road, oversteered, and rolled over on the loose dirt surface. Moroney was ejected and died from multiple injuries and traumatic asphyxia. The coroner found no mechanical defect, excessive speed, or other contributing factors beyond alcohol and drug impairment affecting driving ability. No recommendations for prevention were made.
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Error types
Drugs involved
Contributing factors
- Blood alcohol intoxication - driver significantly over legal limit
- Illicit drug use (methylenedioxyamphetamine/MDA)
- Swerving to avoid livestock on unsealed road
- Loose dirt road surface
- Driver error - oversteering/excessive steering inputs
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