Deceased
Andrew Philip Sykes
Demographics
33y, male
Date of death
2021-06-28
Finding date
2022-04-08
Cause of death
Traumatic brain injury
AI-generated summary
Andrew Sykes, aged 33, died from traumatic brain injury sustained in a motor vehicle crash on Flinders Island. While driving home on a gravel road at dusk, he lost control of his vehicle at a bend, possibly due to mobile phone distraction, and was ejected from the vehicle during rollover. He was not wearing a seatbelt. Although he survived the initial crash and underwent neurosurgery, he deteriorated into a vegetative state and died 49 days later. The coroner found the death was likely preventable had he worn a seatbelt, which would have prevented ejection from the vehicle.
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Procedures
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