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29y · Male·head injury
Matthew Forde, 29, was struck by a reversing VicRoads maintenance van while retrieving a fallen surfboard from the Princes Highway emergency lane. The van driver had hearing difficulties and could not hear the reversing …
42y · Female·Complications of cutaneous burns
Nicole Joy Millar, 42, died from severe burns inflicted by her intimate partner in a premeditated attack at a petrol station. She had disclosed prior intimate partner violence to support services but remained isolated an…
14y · Male·head injuries when struck by a train
Mikael Rohan, a 14-year-old with a history of separation anxiety, attachment disorder, and sleep disturbance, died after stepping in front of a train on 16 November 2010. He had recently been distressed about a reported …
55y · Female·Head and chest injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (cyclist)
Robyn Rodd, an experienced 55-year-old recreational cyclist, died from head and chest injuries sustained in a collision with a large truck (Class 1 vehicle, 19.5 metres long) on the Great Alpine Road near Mt Hotham. The …
Female·Multiple injuries following a motor vehicle incident
A Singaporean father (Kim Soon Yeo) and daughter (Lay Peng Yeo) died in a motor vehicle rollover on a rural Victorian road. The driver, an inexperienced international tourist with limited driving experience, lost concent…
28y · Male·Injuries sustained in a motor-cycle collision (rider) - severe head injuries
Christopher Martin Gabbe, aged 28, died from head injuries sustained in a collision between his Yamaha motorcycle and an electric pedal-assisted bicycle (Tibosa scooter) on Commercial Road, Koroit on 7 January 2010. The …
Unknown·Motor vehicle collision with light rail overpass
Peter O'Meara died on 25 November 2008 when his truck collided with a light rail overpass on City Road, South Melbourne. A coroner investigated the incident and made recommendations regarding warning systems. Electronic …
33y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to plastic bag asphyxia
Jodi McPaul, a 33-year-old woman with long-standing schizophrenia and chronic suicide risk, was admitted involuntarily to Frankston Hospital on 29 March 2007. Despite psychiatric team awareness of her vulnerability and p…
34y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in helicopter crash caused by tail rotor failure
Andrew Mull, a 34-year-old builder and pilot, died when his homebuilt Rotorway Exec 162 helicopter crashed on 29 March 2006 near Mount Beauty, Victoria. The coroner found tail rotor failure was the likely cause of the cr…
1y · Male·Cerebral anoxia caused by cardiac arrest caused by bronchiolitis and bronchopneu…
Timothy Wood, a 19-month-old boy, died from cerebral anoxia following cardiac arrest caused by bronchiolitis and bronchopneumonia secondary to influenza A infection. He initially presented with croup symptoms on 15 July …
60y · Male·Drowning; elevated blood ethanol level
Nicholas Lobo, aged 60, died by drowning with elevated blood alcohol (0.21%). He was discharged from acute psychiatric inpatient care to a rehabilitation facility on a Community Treatment Order after recent diagnosis of …
81y · Male·myelodysplasia in an elderly man with dementia
Francis Willcox, an 81-year-old man with dementia and myelodysplasia, was admitted to Peter James Centre on 16 June 2008 as an involuntary patient following behavioural difficulties. Over the following week, his physical…
30y · Male·Alcohol and drug toxicity
Dean Withall, aged 30, died from alcohol and drug toxicity following heroin injection combined with alcohol consumption. He had a long history of drug and alcohol abuse and was released from prison on parole four days be…
57y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease
Lorraine O'Leary, 57, a severely disabled aged care resident (stroke survivor with right-sided paralysis, recent amputation, unable to speak), suffered burns on 3 August 2007 while smoking unsupervised in her facility's …
49y · Male·effects of fire (70% body surface area full and partial thickness burns)
A 49-year-old man died from severe burns sustained at a hotel beer garden fireplace. He had consumed approximately 20 pots of beer over two days and had a blood alcohol level of 0.3g/100ml at autopsy. The fireplace guard…
51y · Female·Complications of metastatic ovarian carcinoma
Pamela Cakebread, aged 51, died from complications of metastatic ovarian carcinoma in March 2009. She presented with nausea, vomiting and abdominal distension caused by tumour-related bowel obstruction. Following family …
17y · Male·head injury with contributing factor of myocarditis
Nathan Wsol, a 17-year-old male, died from head injury and myocarditis sustained in a motor vehicle collision. He collided head-on with a tree on 16 March 2008 after attempting to overtake another vehicle while driving a…
27y · Male·external blood loss due to laceration of right axillary artery from single gunsh…
Gregory Biggs, age 27, died from a gunshot wound to the upper right back inflicting a laceration of the right axillary artery. He was shot by Sergeant Samuel Cahir after being observed wielding samurai swords in Carlton …
52y · Female·Intracerebral haemorrhage secondary to fracture base of skull; rupture of descen…
A 52-year-old woman died from intracerebral haemorrhage and aortic rupture after being struck by a vehicle travelling at 100 kph on the Princes Highway near Morwell. She was walking in a traffic lane in darkness without …
24y · Male·Injuries sustained in fire caused by defective electrical wiring in ceiling spac…
A fatal fire in a Brunswick boarding house killed two young residents, Leigh Sinclair (25) and Christopher Giorgi (24), who were unable to escape room 3 due to a locked deadbolt door and the absence of functioning smoke …
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