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33y · Female·Drowning contributed to by high level of intoxication (blood alcohol 0.192%)
Sarah Johnson, 33-year-old Aboriginal woman, was found dead on Lameroo Beach on 1 January 2002 after drowning. She had a blood alcohol level of 0.192% and was intoxicated. Evidence indicates she was at the Hippe Club on …
26y · Male·Ligature Compression of the Neck (Hanging)
Dylan Robert Green, a 26-year-old remand prisoner at Hakea Prison, died by hanging on 11 July 2002. He had a history of serious mental illness, including psychotic episodes with delusional beliefs, and a previous suicide…
36y · Male·anaphylactic reaction due to multiple bee stings
Gary Woodcock, a 36-year-old chimney sweep, died from anaphylactic reaction to multiple bee stings (40-50 stings) sustained while working at height on a chimney at St Peter's College. He was unknowingly allergic to bee v…
Eva Arany: gunshot wound to the neck; Jeno Arany: traumatic brain damage complic…
An elderly man with severe depression, suicidal ideation, and ongoing psychiatric risk was hospitalised twice in 2000 and discharged on antidepressant medication. Despite staff identifying he owned seven firearms and pos…
Male·traumatic head and neck injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision
Three young men—Simon Lovitt (28), Shaun Law (16), and Cao Vo (18)—died in a motor vehicle collision on Malvern Road, Glen Iris on 19 June 2002. Lovitt was driving a stolen Ford Falcon at high speed on the wrong side of …
23y · Male·Haemothorax and traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta
Piotr Pawel Repinski, aged 23, died on 15 November 2001 from haemothorax and traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta following a motor vehicle collision on Vipond Road, Springhurst, Victoria. He lost control of a stolen …
Male·Head injuries from motor vehicle accident
On 10 December 2001, Tristram Rich (16, learner driver) was driving a stolen Holden Commodore on the Hume Freeway when intercepted by police. Rich fled and a 20-minute pursuit ensued at speeds up to 210 km/h involving mo…
43y · Female·unknown
Rita Anderson, a 43-year-old Aboriginal woman with chronic alcohol-related organic brain damage, was admitted to Royal Darwin Hospital in March 2002 for stabilization and placement planning. Unable to safely live indepen…
41y · Female·secondary haemorrhage following gastric banding surgery
A 41-year-old enrolled nurse died from secondary haemorrhage eight days after laparoscopic gastric banding surgery in Darwin. She attended ED on 18 February with post-operative pain; Dr McNair discharged her after two ho…
63y · Male·Multiple injuries due to aircraft crash
Anthony Fitzgerald, a 63-year-old experienced general aviation pilot with minimal gyroplane experience (16.8 hours), died when his newly purchased gyroplane broke up in mid-air near Esk, Queensland. His 16.8 hours in gyr…
34y · Male·extensive blood loss from acute gastric erosions following severe scalding of th…
Neil Summerell, a 34-year-old man with intellectual disability, epilepsy, and vision/hearing impairment, died from acute gastric erosions following severe scalding injuries sustained on 29 November 1999. He was scalded t…
33y · Female·Raised intracranial pressure secondary to thrombosis of the superior sagittal, t…
A 33-year-old woman presented with acute neurological symptoms (headaches, weakness, slurred speech, seizures) on 26 August 2000. Initial CT imaging showed focal haemorrhage with oedema; repeat CT after 50 minutes showed…
25y · Male·hanging (self-inflicted)
A 25-year-old man with schizophrenia died by suicide while on a Community Management Order following discharge from psychiatric hospital. He had been effectively stabilized on clozapine for years, but in late 2001 reques…
19y · Female·hypoxic encephalopathy as a result of attempted hanging
A 19-year-old woman with psychosis and depression died from hypoxic encephalopathy following attempted hanging while in involuntary psychiatric admission. She was on R15 (15-minute) observation status due to suicide risk…
Unknown·Acute Smoke Inhalation
On 5 May 1998, four Royal Australian Navy personnel—Shaun Damian Smith (29), Phillip John Carroll (23), Megan Anne Pelly (22), and Bradley John Meek (25)—died from acute smoke inhalation in the engine room fire aboard HM…
38y · Female·neck compression due to hanging
Margaret Lindsay, 38, died by hanging in Adelaide Women's Prison on 23 May 2001 whilst remanded in custody. She had a complex history of psychiatric illness, drug and alcohol abuse, and multiple suicide attempts. Despite…
0y · Female·sudden death in an infant with broncho-pulmonary dysplasia
A 74-day-old premature infant (27 weeks gestation) died unexpectedly at home three days after discharge from hospital. Post-mortem examination revealed broncho-pulmonary dysplasia (BPD), which was clinically silent and u…
33y · Male·lobar pneumonia (Streptococcus pneumonia with septic shock)
Owen King, a 33-year-old Aboriginal man, died of lobar pneumonia on 24 June 2002 at Alice Springs Hospital following brief police custody for alleged intoxication. He was apprehended twice on 23 June under protective cus…
17y · Male·Head injury
Wesley Russell Yamera, 17 years old, died on 22 December 2002 from head injury sustained when he fell from a police security vehicle cage. On 18 December, Yamera was apprehended by Fitzroy Crossing police after a vehicle…
19y · Male·Blunt head injury from being run over by recycling truck
Glenn Chapman, 19, died on 12 October 1998 when run over by a reversing compactor truck while working as a recycling collector. While the truck reversed, Chapman attempted to jump between rear steps to help his coworker,…
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