Deceased
Aiden Sean McHugh
Demographics
21y, male
Date of death
2018-01-10
Finding date
2024-07-29
Cause of death
Multiple injuries sustained when struck by a motor vehicle including severe brain injuries
AI-generated summary
Aiden McHugh, 21, was struck and killed by a black Isuzu utility on Port Sorell Road while walking home from Latrobe to Devonport in the early morning of 10 January 2018. He suffered multiple injuries including severe brain injuries from blunt force trauma. The coroner found that Tho Ward (not David Ward, as initially claimed) was driving the utility at the time of collision. The coroner identified multiple credibility issues with the Wards' accounts, including inconsistencies about who was driving, contradictions between their police interviews and inquest evidence, and phone records placing them in different locations when they claimed to be together. The coroner found that Ward held a learner licence without full driver licensing, providing motivation to falsely attribute the accident to her husband. The case highlights failures in truthfulness and the importance of independent evidence (phone records, witness observations, employment records) in determining actual circumstances.
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