Deceased
Andrea Dorothy Milner
Demographics
55y, female
Date of death
2022-09-23
Finding date
2025-03-04
Cause of death
Multiple injuries sustained in a train incident
AI-generated summary
Andrea Milner, a 55-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, depression, and anxiety, died from multiple injuries sustained when she drove her motorised wheelchair off a railway platform onto tracks at Ormond station on 23 September 2022. The coroner concluded she intentionally took her own life. While Andrea had chronic suicidal ideation, her treating clinicians found no obvious warning signs of imminent risk; she consistently denied intent to act on suicidal thoughts. Her GP had recently commenced escitalopram and reduced mirtazapine on 13 September. The coroner found her treatment was appropriate and reasonable. The investigation revealed no clinical failures. The death highlights the complexity of assessing suicide risk in patients with chronic mental health conditions and communication difficulties.
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Clinical conditions
Procedures
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