Coroner's Finding: Bennetts, Adam Ian
Deceased
Adam Ian Bennetts
Demographics
male
Date of death
2022-09-04
Finding date
2023-10-31
Cause of death
head and chest injuries sustained in motor vehicle crash
AI-generated summary
Adam Ian Bennetts died from head and chest injuries sustained in a single-vehicle motor crash on the Tasman Highway, Tasmania. He was driving whilst intoxicated (blood alcohol 0.172 g/100mL) and fatigued, towing a trailer when his vehicle left the road, rolled into a drainage culvert and struck a power pole. The injuries were almost immediately fatal. This is a non-medical death (motor vehicle crash) with no clinical care failures identified. The coroner made no comments or recommendations regarding preventability or clinical practice.
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Contributing factors
- driver intoxication (blood alcohol 0.172 g/100mL)
- driver fatigue
- single vehicle crash
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