Coronial

49 results for head laceration

TAS2022-05-23

Coroner's Finding: David, Nathaniel and Cheryl

Male·Nathaniel Calma David: blunt trauma of the head including laceration of the brai…

…hicle crash on the Bass Highway in Tasmania on 10 July 2021. Nathaniel Calma David (driver) died from blunt head trauma with brain stem laceration; Cheryl Ann Isip David (front seat passenger) died from multiple injuries…

TAS2024-04-18

Coroner's Finding: Medcraft, Bobby

23y · Male·Exsanguination due to a chop injury of the posterior right leg using a steel-bla…

Bobby William Medcraft, a 23-year-old man, died from exsanguination following a sword laceration to his right posterior leg inflicted during a violent assault. The injury completely severed the poplite…

QLDcommunity2018-11-05

Nguyen, Van Phuc – Non-inquest findings

50y · Male·Head injuries as a result of a motor vehicle collision (pedestrian)

Van Phuc Nguyen, a 50-year-old man, died from severe head injuries after being struck by an unknown vehicle while walking home from shopping in Inala, Brisbane. The …

QLDcommunity2006-07-18

Vernon, Colin John

Male·Cardiac lacerations due to motor vehicle accident

Colin John Vernon died from cardiac lacerations sustained in a high-speed motor vehicle collision on the Bruce Highway near Gympie. A vehicle driven by…

WAcommunity2005-06-30

Inquest into the Death of William Hoani Webster

37y · Male·Chest Injury (including Laceration of the Heart) and Head Injury

…olliding with another vehicle. He crashed into scrub and a signpost, sustaining severe chest injury with laceration of the heart and severe head injury. His helmet was found undone some distance away, suggesting it was n…

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QLD2014-06-10

Milner, Laura Jayne; Yates, Samantha Ann

Female·Multiple injuries due to or as a consequence of a motor vehicle collision

…he path of the Daewoo driven by Laura Milner. Laura sustained fatal basal skull fractures with brainstem laceration. Samantha Yates sustained a transected thoracic aorta and base of skull fracture, both immediately fatal…

trauma surgeryforensic medicine
TAS2015-04-03

Coroner's Finding: McCauley, Terence Bernard

54y · Male·multiple injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash with a motor vehicle; specifica…

…cCauley, a 54-year-old experienced motorcycle rider, died from massive unsurvivable injuries sustained in a head-on motorcycle-motor vehicle collision on Arthur Highway, Tasmania. Christopher Ronald Eugene Leach, driving…

SAcommunity2009-10-27

Coroner's Finding: MITCHELL John Eric and BRYANT Graham

Unknown·John Eric Mitchell: aortic laceration. Graham Bryant: closed head injury.

… both caused by the same driver's failure to give way. John Mitchell (69) died in April 2000 from aortic laceration sustained when his vehicle collided with a utility driven by Michelle Thiele who failed to give way. Gra…

TAScommunity2022-03-14

Coroner's Finding: PL

7y · Male·head injuries from ejection onto rocky riverbank during boating accident

A 7-year-old boy died from catastrophic head injuries after being ejected from a ski biscuit during a recreational boating accident on the Prosser River…

emergency medicineintensive careproceduralcommunication
QLD2012-09-20

Howse, Troy Jason

34y · Male·cerebral destruction and fractured skull sustained in motor vehicle accident wit…

Troy Jason Howse (34M) died from massive head injuries (cerebral destruction and fractured skull) sustained when a Ford Falcon vehicle in which he was a …

emergency medicinetrauma surgerycommunicationsystemalcohol
VIC2011-01-28

Finding into death of Chas Birch

35y · Male·Multiple injuries from a fall from height (level 8 of multi-level car park at 10…

A 35-year-old lawyer died from multiple injuries sustained in a fall from a car park at 10 Latrobe Street, Melbourne at approximately 11:10pm on 28 May 2008. The coroner concluded that while evidence was consistent with …

forensic medicinetoxicologyalcohol/ethanol
QLDhospital2014-04-02

Zessin, Ralph Frederick

67y · Male·Raised intracranial pressure due to head injuries from a fall

A 67-year-old man died from severe head injuries sustained when he was pushed backwards through a hotel doorway during playful banter with another …

neurosurgeryintensive care
VICaged care2011-01-24

Finding into death of Carolyn Veronica Dean

77y · Female·Sudden Unexpected Nocturnal Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)

…sing the toilet at a disability support home. She fell forward during the seizure, sustaining a significant head laceration. No evidence of natural disease was found at autopsy. The coroner concluded death resulted from …

neurologypathologysystem
TAShome2022-08-12

Coroner's Finding: Meades Michelle Louise

51y · Female·blunt force head injuries, stab wounds of the right neck and gagging

Michelle Louise Meades, aged 51, died from blunt force head injuries, stab wounds to the neck, and gagging following a violent assault at a residential unit in Tasmani…

forensic medicineaddiction medicinemethamphetamine
TAS2021-05-21

Coroner's Finding: Hayes, Emma Frances

Female·Multiple fatal injuries from motor vehicle collision including laceration of the…

…beth Town, Tasmania on 20 July 2020. She was driving southbound when she left her correct lane and collided head-on with a northbound vehicle. Toxicological analysis revealed significant amounts of methamphetamine and MD…

methamphetamine
TAS2017-12-08

Coroner's Finding: Woods, Brian Oakley

79y · Male·Head and chest injuries sustained in a single motorcycle crash

Brian Oakley Woods, aged 79, died from head and chest injuries sustained in a single motorcycle crash on the Tasman Highway. While an experienced rider…

forensic medicineemergency medicine
TAScommunity2018-04-23

Coroner's Finding: Weedon, Jackson Nate John Daniel

16y · Male·Abdominal injuries sustained in a single motorcycle crash

…roximately 100 km/h in a 50 km/h zone while practising wheelies. The crash occurred when Jackson turned his head to look behind while riding, causing counter-steering and loss of control. He struck the kerbing, was eject…

QLD2006-02-24

Hendy, Albert William

41y · Male·Coronary artery thrombosis due to or as a consequence of coronary atherosclerosi…

…d suddenly in custody from coronary artery thrombosis due to coronary atherosclerosis. He sustained a minor head laceration on the day of death which received appropriate emergency care at Princess Alexandra Hospital; th…

emergency medicineforensic medicine
TAS2023-10-30

Coroner's Finding: Gesler, Rick Keith

26y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in a single motorcycle crash

…ate a sweeping left-hand bend, left the road, and struck steel barrier cables and posts, sustaining massive head injuries, cardiac laceration, thoracic spinal fractures, and abdominal bleeding. This case illustrates the …

alcohol
VIChospital2023

Finding into death of Bailey James Blackwell

17y · Male·head injury in a fall from a height

Bailey Blackwell, a 17-year-old Aboriginal man, died from a head injury sustained in a fall from approximately 20 metres at Big Hill near Stawell. While attempting to jump …

trauma surgeryneurosurgery

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