Deceased
Scott Roderick Glanville
Demographics
56y, male
Date of death
2019-06-25
Finding date
2022-09-02
Cause of death
blunt trauma of head
AI-generated summary
Scott Glanville, a 56-year-old electrician, died from blunt head trauma sustained in a workplace traffic accident. His van rolled on black ice on Frankford Road, Tasmania. While he survived initial impact with minor injuries and was waiting by his vehicle, a second vehicle (Mazda BT 50) hit the same patch of ice, rolled, and struck Glanville fatally. A 200-litre diesel fuel tank on the utility's tray, secured only by a ratchet strap, struck him. The coroner found no contributing medical, mechanical, or driver error factors. Both vehicles encountered identical conditions; neither driver was speeding, impaired, or inexperienced in relevant ways. The death resulted from unfortunate circumstance rather than preventable clinical or safety failures.
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