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47y · Male·shotgun gunshot wound
This is a coronial finding into the death of a 47-year-old man by homicide. Mr Davies was shot by his close friend at the instigation of his wife, with whom the friend was having an affair. The shooting was premeditated …
47y · Female·insulin and mixed drug toxicity, the result of actions undertaken by the decease…
A 47-year-old woman with depression and a history of suicidal ideation died from insulin and mixed drug toxicity after deliberately injecting insulin from her daughter's insulin pens. She had been seen by her GP seven ti…
56y · Male·Multiple head, chest and limb injuries following motor vehicle collision
John Charles Tscherkaskyj, a 56-year-old newspaper delivery driver with 10+ years experience on this route, died in a head-on motor vehicle collision on Gordon River Road, Tasmania. He was driving in the correct northbou…
68y · Female·mixed prescription drug toxicity (oxycodone, metoprolol, diazepam)
Ms Heraghty, a 68-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities including obesity (BMI 47.3), atrial fibrillation, COPD, and severe chronic pain, died from mixed prescription drug toxicity (oxycodone, metoprolol, diazepam) …
98y · Male·comminuted pertrochanteric fracture of left hip sustained in mechanical fall
A 98-year-old man with osteoporosis, dementia, and ischaemic heart disease sustained a comminuted pertrochanteric hip fracture in a fall at his residential aged care facility on 24 July 2023, dying four days later. He ha…
29y · Male·blunt trauma of the chest
A 29-year-old male died from blunt chest trauma sustained in a mountain bike crash at Maydena Bike Park, Tasmania. He was an intermediate rider on an appropriate blue-trail track when he crashed, likely due to his front …
52y · Male·Unable to determine
John Thomas Norrish, aged 52, disappeared from St Helens, Tasmania on 25 November 2018 and is presumed dead. He had an acquired brain injury causing cognitive impairment, physical disability, and a tendency to become dis…
44y · Male·acute alcohol intoxication
Samuel Patrick Burke Drummond, aged 44, died from acute alcohol intoxication with blood alcohol level of 0.572g/100ml (above the lethal threshold of 0.4g/100ml), combined with methylamphetamine use. He had a longstanding…
60y · Male·cervical spine fracture sustained in bicycle crash
Roy William Rogers, aged 60, died from a cervical spine fracture sustained in a bicycle crash on a public pathway in Burnie, Tasmania on 11 February 2022. He was riding downhill on a steep concrete path (24.3% gradient) …
64y · Male·Multiple severe injuries including skull fractures, vertebral fractures, bilater…
A 64-year-old male died in a head-on motor vehicle collision on the Bass Highway after driving the wrong way on a prohibited off-ramp. He had consumed approximately 750ml of beer and two shots of whisky, resulting in a b…
19y · Male·Jacob Allan Donohue: multiple (head, trunk and limb) injuries sustained as drive…
Two 19-year-old males died in a head-on motor vehicle collision on the Midland Highway near Oatlands, Tasmania. The driver of a Kia SUV unintentionally entered the opposing lanes while navigating roadworks in rainy, dark…
71y · Male·Chest and neck injuries and mechanical asphyxia from being crushed under a bus
Raymond Henry Millington, a 71-year-old semi-retired bus operator, died from mechanical asphyxia after being crushed under a bus while attempting to remove the gearbox. He had activated the park brake but fatally failed …
96y · Male·Traumatic closed head injuries sustained in a fall
A 96-year-old man with cognitive impairment and previous traumatic brain injury from a 2021 fall was admitted to residential aged care on 16 February 2022. He had a minor slip from his chair on admission day without inju…
54y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic brain damage caused by blood loss and airway obstruction due t…
A 54-year-old male was assaulted in a nightclub with a single punch causing orbital and facial fractures and posterior epistaxis. He presented to the Royal Hobart Hospital ED with active bleeding. Critical deficits in hi…
68y · Male·chest, spine, pelvic and limb injuries sustained in a two vehicle motor vehicle …
Graham Seth Wells, aged 68, died from chest, spine, pelvic and limb injuries sustained in a two-vehicle motor vehicle collision on the Bass Highway, Latrobe, Tasmania on 22 October 2022. Mr Wells was driving a Ford Focus…
1y · Male·hypoxic brain damage due to laryngeal obstruction from foreign body (metal screw…
An 11-month-old boy died from hypoxic brain damage following aspiration of a 2cm metal screw that lodged in his larynx. The child was left briefly unsupervised at home when he ingested the screw and began choking. Parent…
55y · Female·smoke inhalation from domestic fire caused by unextinguished cigarette
A 55-year-old woman with a prior stroke causing physical disability, intellectual disability, schizophrenia, epilepsy, diabetes and atrial fibrillation died from smoke inhalation in a domestic fire. She was a heavy smoke…
64y · Female·head injury sustained in a single motor vehicle accident
Mrs Alyson Margaret Mellor, aged 64, died from a head injury sustained in a single-vehicle motor accident on 30 April 2022. She had type 1 diabetes managed with an insulin pump, and on the day of the accident her husband…
50y · Male·freshwater drowning
Robert McEwen Dunlop, a 50-year-old fit and healthy arborist with type II diabetes, drowned in freshwater while attempting to retrieve his dinghy that had drifted from the shore of Great Lake, Tasmania. He swam approxima…
Male·head and chest injuries sustained in motor vehicle crash
Adam Ian Bennetts died from head and chest injuries sustained in a single-vehicle motor crash on the Tasman Highway, Tasmania. He was driving whilst intoxicated (blood alcohol 0.172 g/100mL) and fatigued, towing a traile…
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