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Male·Injuries sustained in an explosion of the Leda II motor cruiser caused by igniti…
On 3 May 2008, Alexander and Jennifer Elliott died when their newly purchased 1946 Halvorsen motor cruiser, Leda II, exploded at a refuelling wharf at Pier 35, South Melbourne. The explosion resulted from ignition of acc…
48y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (passenger)
Five Victorians died on 10 January 2006 when their tour bus ran off the Cairo-Alexandria Road in Egypt after a day trip. The driver lost control on a wet, poorly-lit highway with an imperfect road surface. While multiple…
14y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (passenger)
Five Victorians died in a motor vehicle collision on the Cairo-Alexandria Road in Egypt when a tour bus ran off the roadway after passing through a left-hand bend. The driver lost control of the bus travelling at approxi…
29y · Female·Multiple stab wounds to the neck
A woman was fatally stabbed 12 times in the neck by her husband during an escalating family violence situation. She had disclosed family violence to Victoria Police on multiple occasions and to her General Practitioner. …
6y · Male·Injuries sustained in motor vehicle accident (passenger) - fell from utility veh…
A 6-year-old boy died from injuries sustained when he fell from the rear of a farm utility vehicle and was run over. The child was unrestrained in the cargo area during a short journey at slow speed on a farm property. T…
68y · Female·Presumed septic shock with multiple organ failure secondary to acute suppurative…
A 68-year-old woman died from septic shock and multi-organ failure secondary to acute suppurative appendicitis complicated by recent peritoneal adhesion division. Admitted on 31 March 2005 with acute abdominal pain, she …
50y · Male·coronary artery disease in the setting of double vessel coronary atherosclerotic…
Brian Anderson, a 50-year-old quadriplegic resident of a disability support centre, died from coronary artery disease with double vessel disease and cardiomegaly. He had recently experienced a chest infection treated wit…
58y · Male·pneumonia
Michael La Franchi, a 58-year-old man with severe disability from meningitis and epilepsy, died of pneumonia with aspiration. He presented to the ED with fever, hypertension, and respiratory symptoms after becoming drows…
34y · Male·Septic shock from aspiration pneumonia; cerebral palsy was a contributing condit…
Ashley Seedsman, a 34-year-old man with severe cerebral palsy, profound intellectual disability, epilepsy, diabetes, and PEG tube feeding, presented to the ED on 15 July 2009 with aspiration pneumonia after vomiting and …
68y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (passenger)
Five Victorians, including Dr G. (aged 68, general practitioner), died on 10 January 2006 when their tour bus crashed near Cairo, Egypt. The bus left the road after the driver lost control on a descent following a left-h…
48y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (passenger)
This coronial finding concerns five Victorians killed in a bus crash near Cairo, Egypt on 10 January 2006. The bus left the road and struck a light pole after the driver lost control on a wet desert highway at night. The…
34y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (passenger)
On 10 January 2006, five Victorians died when their tour bus crashed on the Cairo-Alexandria Road, Egypt, approximately 46 kilometres from Cairo. The bus was returning to Cairo after a day trip with 31 tourists, two secu…
34y · Male·Hanging
Mr Kelvin Swab, a 34-year-old with chronic mental illness including borderline personality disorder and longstanding suicidal ideation, died by hanging on 12 October 2008, shortly after discharge from inpatient psychiatr…
26y · Male·Upper cervical spinal cord injury
A 26-year-old man suffered an upper cervical spinal cord injury (C2 fracture with vertebral artery dissection) after diving head-first from Brooks Jetty into shallow water on New Year's Day 2008. He was transferred to IC…
53y · Male·Acute subdural haemorrhage
David Waghorn, aged 53, died from acute subdural haemorrhage following a fall or head strike on 16 April 2007. He had opiate dependence and was under the influence of drugs at the time of the incident. He fell or stumble…
26y · Male·Gunshot injury to the head (self-inflicted)
Mark Bailey, a 26-year-old with obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety, alcohol dependence, and a history of violence, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was under treatment by a psychiatrist and psychologist w…
37y · Male·Gunshot injury to head
Senior Constable Anthony Hogarth Clarke, a 37-year-old experienced police officer, was shot and killed during a drink-driving intercept on 24 April 2005. The offender obtained Clarke's revolver from his holster during a …
68y · Male·Pneumonia in setting of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and ischaemic hear…
Ian Richard Ford, a 68-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and ischaemic heart disease, died from pneumonia at home on 10 August 2009, five days after discharge from hospital on a Community Treatment …
52y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia complicating end-stage dementia
Eileen Wilson, a 52-year-old woman with Down's syndrome and Alzheimer's dementia, died from aspiration pneumonia after 27 days of hospitalisation. She was transferred to hospital in early July 2009 after DHS staff noted …
85y · Male·Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
An 85-year-old man with known inoperable abdominal aortic aneurysm died from rupture of this aneurysm while hospitalized for acute exacerbation of COPD. A medication error occurred at admission when Dr T. inadvertently i…
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