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8y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in collision between semi-trailer and train at level…
On 5 June 2007, a semi-trailer driven by Christian Scholl collided with a V/Line passenger train at the Kerang level crossing in regional Victoria, killing 11 train passengers and causing severe injuries. This comprehens…
79y · Female·multiple injuries sustained in collision between semi-trailer and train
On 5 June 2007, a semi-trailer collided with a V/Line passenger train at the Kerang level crossing, killing 11 train passengers. The driver had traversed this crossing many times in seven years without seeing a train, an…
36y · Female·Internal injuries consequent on being stabbed repeatedly by Rocky Manu, a man wi…
Jasmine Roennfeldt, a 36-year-old woman with schizoaffective disorder being treated at a community mental health clinic, died from stab wounds inflicted by her flatmate Rocky Manu, who had paranoid schizophrenia. Rocky h…
19y · Female·Not determined - cause and manner of death could not be established as body was …
Belinda Peisley, aged 19, disappeared on 26 September 1998 after leaving Blue Mountains Hospital in Katoomba, NSW. The coroner found it likely that she is deceased but could not determine the cause or manner of death as …
Male·Multiple injuries from aircraft crash; underlying cause - epileptic seizure suff…
Two men died when a Yak-52 aircraft piloted by Barry Hempel crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Evidence suggests Hempel suffered an epileptic seizure mid-flight, rendering him incapacitated and unable to control the aircraf…
19y · Male·aspiration of latex glove; intellectual disability
Daniel Pelka, a 19-year-old with severe intellectual and physical disability, died from aspiration of a latex glove whilst attending a disability day care centre. He had known propensity to place objects in his mouth and…
38y · Male·Aspiration of Gastric Content and Combined Drug Toxicity (Methadone, Benzodiazep…
A 38-year-old man died from aspiration of gastric content secondary to combined drug toxicity involving methadone, benzodiazepines, olanzapine and alprazolam. He had confused the day of the week and self-administered two…
68y · Male·infarction of the small and large bowel due to superior mesenteric artery thromb…
A 68-year-old man with extensive systemic vascular disease presented with 10 days of nonspecific abdominal pain. Initial presentations at local hospital and GP were attributed to possible gallstones or gastritis based on…
27y · Male·Hanging
Richard Hilton, a 27-year-old with longstanding bipolar affective disorder and benzodiazepine dependence, presented to Werribee ED three times in two months with suicidal ideation and self-harm attempts. Each time he was…
9y · Male·Disseminated melioidosis
William Bligh, a 9-year-old boy from Palm Island, died from disseminated melioidosis on 24 February 2013. He presented with fever and cough from 2 February, initially assessed as viral illness. Over 11 days, he was revie…
67y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction
Robert Quartermain, a 67-year-old prisoner with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and previous myocardial infarction, suffered acute myocardial infarction while in custody. He experienced acute breathing difficulties…
58y · Male·Multiple injuries from crush injury by falling timber stack
Philip Dickson, a 58-year-old experienced timber yard worker, died when a stack of timber approximately 6-7 metres high collapsed and crushed him while he worked in a drying shed. The coroner found the death was preventa…
0y · Female·Cerebral hypoxia due to placental abruption
Sophie Sparreboom died from cerebral hypoxia secondary to placental abruption following emergency caesarean section. Gestational diabetes indicated planned induction at term. At 2050 hours, antepartum haemorrhage and pat…
23y · Female·Blunt force trauma to the head (cranial fractures and pneumocephaly); Motor Vehi…
Rachel Mead, 23, was struck by a vehicle on the Hume Freeway after her car struck a truck wheel that had dislodged from a semi-trailer. The wheel came loose due to inadequate tightening of the spider wheel hub assembly n…
39y · Male·propofol toxicity
Craig Doherty, a 39-year-old clinical theatre nurse at Royal Perth Hospital, died from propofol toxicity in June 2010. He had unrestricted access to propofol as an anaesthetic agent and misappropriated it for recreationa…
4y · Male·hypoxic brain injury complicating out of hospital cardiac arrest (unknown cause)
Xavier Hart, a 4-year-old boy with obstructive sleep apnoea due to adenotonsillar hypertrophy, was found unresponsive and apnoeic at home on 21 December 2011. Despite immediate CPR and intensive resuscitation, he suffere…
87y · Male·Complications of subdural haematoma and fractured hip following a traumatic inci…
Mr Mehmet Hasan, 87, died from complications of subdural haematoma and fractured hip following an alleged traumatic incident involving staff at Lorikeet Lodge Aged Care on 12 June 2010. Following transfer to hospital, hi…
47y · Female·INCISED INJURY TO THE NECK
A 47-year-old woman with schizophrenia and recent depressive symptoms died by intentional incised injury to the neck. She had been prescribed escitalopam on 10 September 2010 for emerging depressive illness following her…
Male·traumatic asphyxia due to mine accident (loader operator falling into stope and …
Pekka Tuppurainen, an experienced underground loader operator at George Fisher Mine, died when his loader fell 29 metres into a stope while he was backfilling. He was crushed by backfill material, causing traumatic asphy…
35y · Male·Hanging
Hassen Yassin, a 35-year-old man with schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, and PTSD, died by hanging after absconding from an involuntary psychiatric admission. On 10 January 2011, following a clinical review at Br…
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