Finding into death of Duncan Ross
40y · Male·Complications of head injury
Duncan Ross, a 40-year-old man, sustained a severe head injury during a violent confrontation at a residential boarding house when he and others attempted to forci…
62 results for “acute traumatic head injury”
40y · Male·Complications of head injury
Duncan Ross, a 40-year-old man, sustained a severe head injury during a violent confrontation at a residential boarding house when he and others attempted to forci…
28y · Male·traumatic brain injury
Tony David Brown, 28, died from traumatic brain injury sustained during an altercation at the Mowbray Hotel in Launceston on 17 July 2013. After b…
57y · Male·acute subdural haematoma, cause undetermined (could result from trauma, fall, se…
Paul Thompson, aged 57, died from acute subdural haematoma (brain bleeding). He was found unresponsive after an evening of heavy alcohol consumpti…
56y · Male·Combined effects of head injuries and aspiration from head and facial injuries, …
Peter John Fitz-gerald, aged 56, died from combined head injuries, facial injuries with aspiration, and acute alcohol intoxication following a violent assault by An…
86y · Male·Traumatic closed head injury suffered in a fall
Alan Noel Sheedy, 86 years old, died from traumatic closed head injury sustained in a fall at a residential aged care facility. He had been admitted for res…
36y · Female·Traumatic closed head injury
A 36-year-old theatre nurse died from traumatic closed head injury after jumping from a moving vehicle whilst heavily intoxicated. She had consumed most…
55y · Female·Traumatic brain injury
This finding concerns a fatal motor vehicle accident resulting in traumatic brain injury. A 55-year-old woman was struck by a vehicle while crossing the street after exiting a bus.…
23y · Male·Exsanguination due to a chop injury of the posterior right leg using a steel-bla…
…nguination following a sword laceration to his right posterior leg inflicted during a violent assault. The injury completely severed the popliteal artery and vein. While this was a criminal matter resulting in manslaught…
37y · Male·Traumatic intracranial haemorrhages/brain damage and fractured skull
A 37-year-old male died from traumatic intracranial haemorrhage and skull fracture after being punched and falling onto concrete. The critical …
20y · Male·Head injury
Sean Wayne Lee, a 20-year-old university student, died from a head injury sustained when he ran deliberately in front of a heavy vehicle on the Princes Freeway. After his car…
30y · Male·traumatic brain injury
Thanh Pham, a 30-year-old karate student, died from traumatic brain injury sustained during a black belt grading when he was repeatedly knocked down and struck to the…
55y · Male·Traumatic brain injury caused by blunt force to the head sustained in a fall
Rodney Bates, a 55-year-old in custody at Cessnock Correctional Centre, died from traumatic brain injury sustained in a fall on 2 April 2015. He had experienced recurrent unexplained loss of consc…
15y · Male·Severe traumatic brain injury resulting from motor vehicle crash
Giovani Wade Ryan, 15 years old, died from severe traumatic brain injury sustained when the stolen panel van in which he was a front seat passenger rolled at high s…
51y · Male·Traumatic brain injuries resulting from blunt head trauma: multiple calvarial an…
Adrian Garcia, 51, died from traumatic brain injuries sustained during an assault in a public park in Sorell, Tasmania on 10 March 2021. He was…
19y · Female·Multiple injuries including traumatic closed head injury, blunt trauma of the ch…
A 19-year-old female passenger died from multiple traumatic injuries sustained in a single-vehicle motor crash on 25 March 2020, when the vehicle she was travelling…
20y · Male·massive basal subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by a blow to the head
…quest 45 years later, based on neuropathological expert evidence, found the haemorrhage was caused by blunt head trauma (a punch to the head), not natural causes. The original 1971 death certificate was incorrect. The ke…
0y · Male·Acute traumatic head injury (non-accidental)
A 7-month-old child died from acute traumatic head injury sustained from non-accidental blunt force. Clinical lessons include: medical staff s…
40y · Male·Head Injury
Simon Richard Gerdes, aged 40, died from a head injury sustained during an altercation at the home of Daryl Williams in Ballarat, Victoria in September 201…
65y · Male·Traumatic high cervical spine injury in the setting of frontal head impact in a …
A 65-year-old man with ankylosing spondylitis died from traumatic cervical spine injury after being arrested for public drunkenness by a single-officer police patrol. Dur…
47y · Female·Traumatic closed head injury likely sustained in a fall from standing
…7-year-old woman with a 18-year history of anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and severe alcoholism, died from a traumatic closed head injury sustained in a fall from standing. At autopsy, blood alcohol concentration was 0.23% …
AI-generated summary and tagging — may contain inaccuracies; refer to original finding for legal purposes. Report an inaccuracy.