439 results for “traumatic injuries”
Quad bike and side-by-side vehicle rollover accidents resulting in drowning, asp…
…lack of formal safety training. Direct causes included drowning from head injury, asphyxiation from crush injuries, and traumatic brain injury. The coroner identified multiple contributing factors: user error (ignoring w…
28y · Male·Head injuries sustained in an electric scooter incident
A 28-year-old man died from head injuries sustained when he lost control of a high-powered electric scooter (Kaabo Mantis 10 Elite, dual 1000W moto…
32y · Male·crush injuries sustained in a rock fall
Nathaniel Beesley, a 32-year-old rope access technician, was fatally struck by a rock weighing approximately 44 tonnes whilst undertaking manual scaling operations on the East Wall of an open-pit iron ore mine in Tasmani…
51y · Male·Stab wounds to the chest
A 51-year-old man with documented mental health issues including psychosis, paranoia, and delusions died from self-inflicted stab wounds during a police siege at his mother's home. He had breached a domestic violence ord…
23y · Female·Multiple injuries received in a deliberate motor vehicle collision
Liselle Houbert, 23, died in a deliberate head-on motor vehicle collision caused by her partner Joshua Booth on 28 May 2020. Booth had been experiencing significant mental health issues including depression, PTSD, anxiet…
12y · Male·Head, chest and abdominal injuries sustained when run over by a vehicle
A 12-year-old Aboriginal boy died from head, chest and abdominal injuries when run over by a Toyota Landcruiser during a school carnival 'Troopy Pull' activity. The vehicle was be…
40y · Male·Single gunshot wound to the shoulder, chest and abdomen
…rch 2011. A single gunshot wound traversed his left shoulder, chest and abdomen, causing massive internal injuries including damage to the left lung, diaphragm, stomach, pancreas, small intestine, liver and splenic vein.…
29y · Male·Neck injury
A 29-year-old man died from a neck injury sustained in a motor vehicle collision on Rifle Butts Road, Victoria. Travelling at 104-116 km/hr (exceeding the 100 km/hr limit), his vehicle encountered an unmarked dip in the …
24y · Male·left intracerebral haemorrhage and consequential brain bleeding resulting from h…
…t Royal Perth Hospital from left intracerebral haemorrhage and consequential brain bleeding from the head injuries. The coroner found serious failures: inadequate handover of medical information to police, failure to obt…
24y · Male·Head injuries from blunt force trauma
Kyle Canisi, a 24-year-old remanded prisoner with a violent history, died from severe head injuries sustained in an unprovoked assault by fellow inmate Scott O'Connor on 27 December 2011 at Arthur Gorrie C…
22y · Male·Airway obstruction due to laryngeal abscess and laryngeal chondronecrosis due to…
Kyle Gallagher, age 22, died from airway obstruction due to laryngeal abscess and chondronecrosis following a motorcycle accident. A CT scan on 13 July 2023 showed a critically narrowed (3mm) subglottic airway with suspe…
21y · Male·Complications of blunt head injury resulting from at least two separate acts of …
Baylen Pendergast, 21 months old, died from complications of blunt head injury sustained in two separate traumatic incidents (17 and 28 November 2013). The coroner found injuries were non-accidental and resulted from si…
33y · Male·Undetermined
…l for serious adverse effects including toxicity and respiratory depression. Robert sustained unexplained injuries and may have experienced Baclofen toxicity, though no definitive causal connection to death could be esta…
Male·Multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained as a driver or passenger in a motor …
Three people died in a motor vehicle collision on the Midlands Highway when a solar panel detached from a caravan and entered the southbound lane. The driver of the vehicle with the three deceased reacted to the solar pa…
46y · Female·Ms Glendinning: multiple sharp force injuries (suicide); Jane Lesley Margaret Cu…
Heather Glendinning, severely mentally ill with chronic paranoid delusions exacerbated by cannabis abuse and stress from family court proceedings, killed her daughters Jane and Jessica on 5 December 2011, then took her o…
43y · Male·Complications of neck injury; specifically extensive brainstem infarction second…
… 110 km/hr (the speed limit) on an unfamiliar road, entered a stormwater drain, and struck an object. The injuries sustained were non-survivable. Expert medical review found the pre-hospital and hospital care met appropr…
20y · Male·Prone restraint asphyxia in the setting of alcohol intoxication and centripetal …
…ng restraint, he was kicked in the abdomen and subsequently lost consciousness. Autopsy revealed minimal traumatic injuries, with no anatomical cause of death identified. The coroner concluded that prone positioning, al…
32y · Female·Head injuries in a motor vehicle incident
Helena Zoe Broadbent, a 32-year-old pregnant Aboriginal woman, died from severe head injuries sustained when her partner William Wilson drove off in a vehicle while she was partially inside it, causi…
37y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver)
A 37-year-old man died in a deliberate head-on motor vehicle collision three days after his partner died from metastatic cancer. He was the sole carer for his 7-year-old son with autism and intellectual disability. The c…
0y · Unknown·fatal injuries from dog attack
A 5-week-old infant died from fatal injuries inflicted by the family pet, a dog (American Staffordshire Terrier) named Bully, who attacked him in the …
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