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52y · Male·multiple injuries including right ventricular rupture
A 52-year-old volunteer race marshal was fatally struck by a detached Formula One race car wheel that passed through a gap in the debris fence at the 2001 Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park. The wheel was travelling at…
56y · Male·stab wound to the brain
Peter Fazzari, aged 56, died from a stab wound to the brain while imprisoned at Cadell Prison Farm, South Australia, the day before his scheduled parole release. He was found in his unlocked cell on the morning of 29 Dec…
42y · Male·small cell lung cancer
A 42-year-old man imprisoned for rape died from small cell lung cancer at a hospice after a brief four-hour leave from prison. Cancer was detected within days of imprisonment when he presented with a persistent cough. He…
56y · Female·subarachnoid haemorrhage complicating berry aneurysm of the right middle cerebra…
Margaret Joyce Taylor, aged 56, died from subarachnoid haemorrhage due to rupture of a berry aneurysm on the right middle cerebral artery. She presented to three medical practitioners over 6 days with progressive occipit…
32y · Male·Ligature Compression of Neck (Hanging)
Leslie William Wesley, a 32-year-old Indigenous man, died by hanging on 7 May 2000 in Cell A10 of Unit 5, Casuarina Prison Complex, Western Australia. He was on remand awaiting trial for sexual assault charges. Wesley ha…
Male·Effects of Fire
Five volunteer firefighters (Stuart Davidson, Garry Vredeveldt, Christopher Evans, Jason Thomas, Matthew Armstrong, aged 17–47) from Geelong West died when their tanker was trapped and destroyed by fire during the Decemb…
34y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
A 34-year-old man with longstanding psychiatric illness died by hanging four days after discharge from psychiatric hospital. He had been admitted twice in August-September 1999 with active suicidal ideation and homicidal…
47y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
Wayne Mark Thomson, aged 47, died by hanging on 14 February 2000. He made multiple attempts to seek help for suicidal ideation in the preceding three days, including visiting his GP, calling a crisis assessment service (…
15y · Male·compression of the neck by hanging
A 15-year-old Aboriginal male, Johnno Wurramarrba, from Groote Eylandt died by hanging in Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre on 10 February 2000, while serving a 28-day sentence for property offences. Key preventable fac…
24y · Male·Aspiration of vomit associated with combined drug effect
Martin Raymond Coffey, 24, died from aspiration of vomit associated with combined drug effect while on home detention after serving a prison sentence for traffic offences. He had a history of depression (following the de…
74y · Male·myocardial infarction
A 74-year-old male aged care resident died of myocardial infarction while detained under the Mental Health Act at Royal Adelaide Hospital. He had presented with hypokalaemia and sigmoid volvulus, refusing initial treatme…
16y · Male·Traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta
A 16-year-old male died from traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta following a motor vehicle collision. The vehicle left the road and struck trees after the driver applied brakes while on gravel, causing severe lateral…
18y · Male·Ligature Compression of Neck (Hanging)
Adam Timothy Garner, aged 18½, died by hanging in his prison cell at Canning Vale Prison Complex on 6 January 2000, approximately 24 hours after admission. He was on remand for a serious violent offence and was experienc…
35y · Male·neck compression from hanging
A 35-year-old man with a history of depression, substance abuse, and acquired brain injury from assault was admitted to a psychiatric ward after self-harm with suicidal ideation. He was detained under the Mental Health A…
77y · Female·multi-organ failure due to massive transfusion-induced coagulopathy following re…
A 77-year-old woman died from multi-organ failure following massive transfusion-induced coagulopathy after a retroperitoneal haemorrhage of unknown origin post-knee replacement surgery. While Fragmin anticoagulation was …
20y · Male·Electrocution resulting in cardiac arrhythmia and cardiac arrest
Nathan Wade Brooks, a 20-year-old roofer, died from electrocution on 20 March 2000 at Royal Darwin Hospital. While working on a construction site, he and a colleague were moving a mobile scaffold that had been raised to …
25y · Male·coronary thrombosis resulting from coronary atherosclerosis
A 25-year-old Aboriginal man with undiagnosed coronary artery disease collapsed and died one hour after a consultation at an Aboriginal health clinic. The coroner found the medical examination by Dr M. was inadequate and…
20y · Male·Unable to be determined. Death likely resulted from exposure following a fall wh…
Christopher Limerick, a 20-year-old Aboriginal man with alcohol dependency, was found dead at the bottom of Noble's Nob open-cut mine near Tennant Creek. Despite extensive investigation, the cause of death could not be d…
25y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in aircraft crash
Bryan G (Abel Dallos), a 25-year-old man with longstanding paranoid schizophrenia and treatment resistance, died in an aircraft crash after stealing an unlocked Piper Warrior from Alice Springs Airport and attempting to …
40y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident in which the deceased wa…
George Miller, a 40-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic alcohol dependence, was detained in protective custody at Katherine Police Station on 4 December 2000 after being found seriously intoxicated. After 7 hours detent…
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