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45y · Female·Chest and abdominal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (driver)
Christine Humphrey, aged 45, died from chest and abdominal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision on the Eastern Freeway, Victoria. She had entered the freeway via an exit ramp travelling the wrong direction at …
33y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (driver)
Wei Han Chang, a 33-year-old chef, died instantly in a head-on motor vehicle collision on the Eastern Freeway when struck by a vehicle driven by an intoxicated driver travelling in the wrong direction. Mr Chang was drivi…
55y · Male·carbon monoxide toxicity
A 55-year-old man with longstanding depression and alcohol use disorder died from carbon monoxide toxicity after deliberately inhaling motor vehicle exhaust in a remote forest location. He had posted a suicide note to Pa…
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 …
77y · Female·Sudden Unexpected Nocturnal Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
Carolyn Veronica Dean, a 77-year-old with intellectual disability and epilepsy, died from a catastrophic epileptic seizure whilst using the toilet at a disability support home. She fell forward during the seizure, sustai…
0y · Female·Spinal Muscular Atrophy - Type 1
Kasey Gower-Moyle was born in September 2008 and diagnosed with terminal spinal muscular atrophy type 1 in March 2009, a severe neuromuscular disorder. From April 2009, she received 24-hour inpatient palliative care at R…
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47y · Male·cardiomyopathy in a 47 year old man with Down syndrome
Greg Norman Mackrell, a 47-year-old man with Down syndrome and known cardiomyopathy with pacemaker, was admitted for elective colonoscopy. The anaesthetist reviewed him preoperatively and the procedure was completed quic…
40y · Male·carbon monoxide poisoning
A 40-year-old male sex offender on community-based orders died by carbon monoxide poisoning on 24 August 2009, two days after a serious suicide attempt involving his car. He had been assessed at Frankston Hospital ED on …
43y · Male·hypoxic brain injury secondary to asphyxiation by ligature
A 43-year-old man died from hypoxic brain injury due to asphyxiation by ligature while an inpatient at a rehabilitation centre. He had undergone spinal surgery for back pain and cauda equina syndrome but was failing to i…
Female·Combination of liver failure, blood loss and shock following needle biopsy
Alyssa, a 9-week-old infant, died from hemorrhage following a liver biopsy at Monash Medical Centre. She had persistent jaundice, and biopsy was undertaken to investigate potential biliary atresia. Post-operatively, nurs…
[47, 77]y · ["male", "female"]·["gunshot injury to head (self-inflicted)", "neck compression"]
Two coronial findings are provided. First, Bayden Roy Smith, 47, died by self-inflicted gunshot wound hours after crisis mental health assessment at Broadmeadows Police Station. The CAT team assessed him as low-risk and …
39y · Male·Injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (driver)
Tony Fishwick, a 39-year-old engineer, died when his vehicle lost control on a rural bend at excessive speed in wet conditions and collided head-on with an oncoming vehicle. He was travelling at 123–140 kph around a bend…
35y · Female·methadone toxicity
Melissa Irwin, 35, died from methadone toxicity after consuming her cousin's take-home methadone dose (110mg liquid). She had no history of substance abuse and had never received formal education about methadone's risks,…
67y · Male·Injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision (driver)
Graeme George Watts, a 67-year-old truck driver, died in a motor vehicle collision on 8 May 2009 when his Scania tipper truck lost braking capacity while descending a steep gradient. The vehicle had been improperly conve…
35y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (alcohol and diazepam)
A 35-year-old man with a history of drug and alcohol addiction died from mixed drug toxicity (alcohol 0.37 g/100mL and diazepam) after being removed from a coach at Beaufort. He had consumed a large bottle of Jim Beam on…
60y · Female·haemopericardium following thoracic aortic dissection Type A
Angela Budaj, a 60-year-old woman with hypertension and smoking history, presented to the ED with back pain, vomiting, incontinence, and sore throat. An abnormal ECG was obtained but not appropriately interpreted. She ha…
39y · Female·neurological disorder of unknown cause and right axillary abscess
Donna Lavinia Faure, aged 39, lived in a Department of Human Services group home with a lifelong neurological disability requiring full-time care. In June 2009, she developed an axillary abscess with bacterial infection …
81y · Male·Head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (pedestrian) in a man with i…
An 81-year-old man with ischaemic cardiomyopathy, diabetes, previous stroke, and peripheral vascular disease was struck by a motor vehicle while crossing Cranbourne Road in Frankston. He sustained severe head injuries wi…
57y · Male·Sepsis and acute renal failure due to pneumonia
A 57-year-old man with spina bifida, intellectual disability, and multiple comorbidities presented to hospital with chest pain, breathing difficulty, atrial fibrillation, and hypoxia. He was diagnosed with chest sepsis, …
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