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276 results for blunt head trauma

VIChome2022-04-07

Finding into death of Ms AA

31y · Female·Blunt head trauma

… assaulted by her de facto partner Mr BB on 10 October 2020 after a four-month relationship. She died from blunt head trauma caused by repeated strikes to the head with a 7.5kg weight plate while sleeping. The relations…

VIC2015-03-27

Finding into death of Colin David Johnson

53y · Male·Complications arising from blunt force trauma to the head

Colin David Johnson, aged 53, died from complications of severe blunt force head trauma sustained during an assault in a prison day room on 23 April 2011. The attack occurred i…

neurosurgerytrauma surgerysystemdelay
TAShome2025-05-12

Coroner's Finding: Ingham, Noel Joseph

58y · Male·Traumatic injury to the head and/or neck, including blunt head trauma with decap…

…by Mr Gale on approximately 28 July 2016. Ingham was attacked in his home in Ulverstone, Tasmania, causing blunt force trauma to his head and resulting in death. Gale then decapitated Ingham's head (never recovered), bu…

TAS2018-02-23

Coroner's Finding: Fitzgerald, Oswyn Leigh

70y · Male·blunt injuries of the head and neck sustained in a motor vehicle crash

…sness, causing his vehicle to leave the track and crash into a tyre wall at 50-60 km/h. He sustained fatal blunt head and neck injuries with extensive subarachnoid haemorrhage. The coroner found the cardiac event was th…

cardiologytrauma surgery
TAS2018-05-24

Coroner's Finding: Fletcher, Thomas Charles and Priest, Leonard Roger

Unknown·Drowning following blunt trauma to the head (Fletcher); drowning following blunt…

…n to continue toward shore rather than return to the boat ramp proved fatal. Both men sustained significant head and neck injuries during capsizing that rendered them unable to survive the rough conditions. The vessel wa…

proceduraldelay
VIChome2016-09-16

Finding into death of Brenda Claire Goudge

61y · Female·Asphyxia in the setting of upper airway obstruction, neck compression and immers…

…way obstruction, neck compression, and immersion. Evidence indicated she was attacked in bed and sustained blunt force trauma to her head, face, and neck with defensive injuries suggesting she resisted her attacker. Her…

forensic medicinesystem
NT2024

Inquest into the death of Road Death 58 of 2024

28y · Male·Blunt force head injury from motor vehicle crash (passenger ejected from rolling…

A 28-year-old Aboriginal male died from blunt force head injury sustained as a passenger in a single-vehicle rollover crash on a dirt road near Wadeye, …

emergency medicinetrauma surgeryalcohol
TAScommunity2022-09-02

Coroner's Finding: Glanville, Scott Roderick

56y · Male·blunt trauma of head

Scott Glanville, a 56-year-old electrician, died from blunt head trauma sustained in a workplace traffic accident. His van rolled on black ice on Frankford Road, Tasm…

forensic medicineparamedicine
VIChospital2015-05-13

Finding into death of Duncan Ross

40y · Male·Complications of head injury

Duncan Ross, a 40-year-old man, sustained a severe head injury during a violent confrontation at a residential boarding house when he and others attempted to forci…

neurosurgerytrauma surgery
TAScommunity2017-10-23

Coroner's Finding: Kingston, Neil Robert

67y · Male·acute intracranial (subarachnoid) haemorrhage resulting from blunt force trauma …

Neil Robert Kingston, 67, died from acute subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by blunt force trauma to his head when struck by a tree branch while felling a tree. He was not wearing a helmet de…

pathologyemergency medicineproceduralsystem
NSWhome2025-09-11

Inquest into the death of H GM

0y · Female·Unascertained

A 9-month-old girl died suddenly on 23 July 2018 following multiple head injuries from blunt force trauma sustained shortly before death. She had presented to medical practitioners…

paediatricsemergency medicinediagnostic
NSWhome2020-02-26

Inquest into the death of Lynette Bradbury

52y · Female·Head injury from blunt force trauma

Lynette Bradbury, a 52-year-old receptionist at Westmead Hospital, died on 31 October 2011 from a fatal head injury caused by blunt force trauma. She was found face down in her bedroom, bound with duct tape, with a t…

TAS2015-11-02

Coroner's Finding: CK

3y · Male·blunt trauma of the head when run over by a four-wheel drive vehicle

A 3-year-old child died from blunt head trauma after being run over by a four-wheel drive vehicle near Trial Harbour, Tasmania. The child was…

QLDhome2010-12-13

King, Brenda Elizabeth

58y · Female·Acute subdural haemorrhage due to blunt force trauma to the head

Brenda Elizabeth King, 58, died from acute subdural haemorrhage following blunt head trauma. She had chronic alcoholism and documented history of falls when intoxicated. The coroner coul…

pathologyemergency medicinecommunicationsystemalcohol
QLD2010-03-24

Birse, Joel Timothy

9y · Male·Penetrating head wound to right temporal bone due to motorcycle trauma

Joel Timothy Birse, aged 9, died from a penetrating head wound to the right temporal bone sustained in a motorcycle collision at the Blackall Show on 6 May 2007. He…

NSWhospital2019-12-11

Inquest into the death of Peter SMITH

20y · Male·massive basal subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by a blow to the head

…An inquest 45 years later, based on neuropathological expert evidence, found the haemorrhage was caused by blunt head trauma (a punch to the head), not natural causes. The original 1971 death certificate was incorrect. …

forensic medicineneurologydiagnostic
NTcommunity

Inquest into the death of Road Death 15 of 2024

20y · Male·Blunt force head and limb injuries from motor vehicle collision

A 20-year-old Aboriginal male pedestrian died from blunt force head and limb injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision. He was intoxicated (blood alcohol 0.2…

forensic medicineemergency medicinealcohol
TAS2022-05-23

Coroner's Finding: David, Nathaniel and Cheryl

Male·Nathaniel Calma David: blunt trauma of the head including laceration of the brai…

…or vehicle crash on the Bass Highway in Tasmania on 10 July 2021. Nathaniel Calma David (driver) died from blunt head trauma with brain stem laceration; Cheryl Ann Isip David (front seat passenger) died from multiple in…

TAShospital2019-01-21

Coroner's Finding: Brown, Tony David

28y · Male·traumatic brain injury

Tony David Brown, 28, died from traumatic brain injury sustained during an altercation at the Mowbray Hotel in Launceston on 17 July 2013. After …

emergency medicineneurosurgeryalcohol
TAS2018-11-05

Coroner's Finding: Blazely, Corey Benjamin Maverick

25y · Male·Blunt trauma of the head

Corey Benjamin Maverick Blazely, a 25-year-old male, died from blunt head trauma after being struck by a motor vehicle while walking on the Southern Outlet road in Hobart on 1…

forensic medicine

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