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41y · Male·acute, severe hydrocephalus contributed to by longstanding chronic hydrocephalus…
Benjamin Cullen, aged 41, died on 25 February 2021 from acute severe hydrocephalus secondary to a brain tumour abutting the cerebral aqueduct. He suffered three seizures on 23 February 2021, two days after release from P…
43y · Female·Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to a ruptured berry aneurysm
Trina McGrady, a 43-year-old Goomeroi woman, died from subarachnoid haemorrhage due to a ruptured berry aneurysm on 15 September 2020. She had been admitted to John Hunter Hospital following incidental discovery of two l…
38y · Male·Diabetic ketoacidosis secondary to pyelonephritis in a man with insulin dependen…
A 38-year-old man with insulin-dependent diabetes, partial blindness, gastroparesis, seizures, chronic kidney disease and peripheral vascular disease died from diabetic ketoacidosis precipitated by pyelonephritis. He had…
68y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (pedestrian)
A 68-year-old woman with mobility limitations from congenital hip dysplasia was struck by a motor vehicle while crossing a pedestrian crossing. The driver failed to exercise proper caution when turning left at the inters…
2y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to out of hospital cardiac arrest following…
A 2-year-old toddler died after falling into a septic tank in his family's public housing home in a remote Northern Territory community. The septic tank access cover was corroded and insecure due to systemic failures in …
60y · Male·Neck compression secondary to hanging
A 60-year-old man with Type 2 diabetes and low mood died by hanging within 24 hours of being interviewed by police regarding child sexual abuse allegations. While police identified that suspects are at heightened suicide…
57y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin, methadone, benzodiazepines including novel benzodia…
Raymond John Flaherty, a 57-year-old Wurundjeri man with longstanding opioid and benzodiazepine dependence, died from mixed drug toxicity involving heroin, methadone, prescribed diazepam, unprescribed benzodiazepines inc…
28y · Male·Hanging
Dylan Bell, 28, died by hanging following discharge from Redland Hospital ED where he presented with acute psychosis, suicidal and homicidal ideation, and made three self-harm attempts by strangulation. Despite a concern…
44y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident
Joseph Junior Suwedi, aged 44, died in a single-vehicle motor accident on 21 February 2023 after losing control of his car on Antill Street, Watson, ACT. He had consumed approximately eight pints of beer over several hou…
54y · Male·Global hypoxic brain injury, cardiac arrest and blunt trauma to cervical spine
JI, a 54-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, died from global hypoxic brain injury, cardiac arrest and cervical spine trauma following a fall onto a metal grate during an altercation with another resident at support…
54y · Female·mixed drug toxicity (methadone and diazepam)
A 54-year-old woman with long-standing opioid use disorder died from mixed methadone and diazepam toxicity. She had tripled her methadone dose by injecting additional takeaway doses alongside her prescribed pharmacy dose…
Male·Multiple injuries due to or as a consequence of concrete wall collapse
Two workers, Ashley Morris (34) and Humberto Leite (55), were fatally crushed by collapsing concrete wall panels on 6 October 2016 while installing foul water settling tanks at Eagle Farm Racecourse. The work system desi…
16y · Male·complications of ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
A 16-year-old Aboriginal youth, Cleveland Keith Dodd, died by suicide via hanging in Unit 18, a youth detention centre housed within an adult maximum-security prison in Western Australia. The coroner found Cleveland's de…
83y · Male·Sepsis due to staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia following infection of a left an…
An 83-year-old man with heart and kidney failure died from sepsis caused by MSSA bacteraemia following infection at a peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) insertion site. Ambulance paramedics inserted the PIVC 56 hours…
58y · Male·complications of oesophageal cancer, with terminal palliative care
Stephen Joseph Schipp, a 58-year-old sentenced prisoner, died from complications of oesophageal cancer with terminal palliative care at Bunbury Regional Hospital. He had been diagnosed with oesophageal carcinoma in Janua…
21; 23y · Female; male·Lilie: multiple blunt force injuries to the head and neck. Paul: multiple blunt …
Lilie James, aged 21, was killed by Paul Thijssen, aged 23, a colleague at St Andrew's Cathedral School, using a hammer in a bathroom on 25 October 2023. Paul killed himself by jumping from a cliff at Diamond Bay Reserve…
25y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a bicycle incident (rider)
Bailey Peer Harry, a 25-year-old Wiradjuri man, was killed in a bicycle-motor vehicle collision. He rode a BMX bicycle without helmet, lights, reflectors or functional brakes, wearing dark clothing at night, and failed t…
64y · Female·Blunt Force Trauma to the Head in the Setting of Prolonged Lie; Metastatic Breas…
Annie Ng, aged 64, died from blunt force head trauma sustained in her home on 27 February 2024, with death occurring 9 March 2024 at Royal Melbourne Hospital. Her husband Chai, experiencing severe financial and psycholog…
Constable Arnold: single gunshot wound to the chest. Constable McCrow: gunshot w…
On 12 December 2022, two Queensland Police Constables (Matthew Arnold, Rachel McCrow) and a civilian (Alan Dare) were fatally shot at 251 Wains Road, Wieambilla by Gareth and Nathaniel Train while responding to a missing…
45y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of t…
A 45-year-old man died from catastrophic injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision at an intersection in Canberra when a truck driver ran a red light at approximately 79 km/h. The truck driver had been inattentive …
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