Coronial

203 results for fatal head injuries

TAS2023-06-26

Coroner's Finding: Riley, Judith and Donald

75y · Female·Mrs Riley: cervical spinal injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision; Mr Ril…

This coronial finding concerns a fatal motor vehicle collision on 20 August 2021 involving two vehicles on the West Tamar Highway in Tasmania. An…

TAS2023-10-31

Coroner's Finding: Bennetts, Adam Ian

Male·head and chest injuries sustained in motor vehicle crash

Adam Ian Bennetts died from head and chest injuries sustained in a single-vehicle motor crash on the Tasman Highway, Tasmania. He was drivin…

TAScommunity2022-05-26

Coroner's Finding: LP - deidentified

4y · Unknown·Head and chest injuries sustained when run over by a garbage truck

A 4-year-old child died from head and chest injuries sustained when run over by a garbage truck while riding a bicycle near his home in Tasma…

VIChospital2013-01-29

Finding into death of Abdi Hassan

29y · Male·Acute subdural haematoma

A 29-year-old man died from acute subdural haematoma following blunt head trauma. He was arrested for public drunkenness after a fight with a friend and lodged in police cells where…

neurosurgeryemergency medicinediagnostic
WAcommunity2000-03-07

Inquest into the Death of Neil Kingsley Rushton

Male·Head Injuries sustained from motor vehicle collision

…97 after being struck by a motor vehicle whilst lying on Lyon Road, Wandi, Western Australia. He sustained fatal head injuries from the collision. The circumstances of how he came to be lying on the road remain unexplai…

WAhospital2013

Inquest into the Death of Trinh, Anh Thuy

55y · Female·Traumatic brain injury

This finding concerns a fatal motor vehicle accident resulting in traumatic brain injury. A 55-year-old woman was struck by a vehicle wh…

emergency medicineneurosurgeryhydroxychloroquine
QLD2006-10-27

Blockley, Michael Gary; Watson, Stevie Lee; Teske, Neil Lackland; Donaldson, Michael Bruce; and Nugent, Christopher John

Multiple fatal injuries sustained in motor vehicle accident; for driver (Blockle…

…, overcorrected, and the vehicle became airborne after striking a power pole. All five occupants sustained fatal injuries. Notably, the driver had a brain tumour at the optic chiasm that may have caused visual disturban…

forensic medicineemergency medicinesystem
VICcommunity2017-03-22

Finding into death of Peter Van Danh

36y · Male·Head injuries from motor vehicle strike

Peter Van Danh, a 36-year-old man, died on 11 September 2014 from head injuries consistent with being struck by a motor vehicle. He had consumed approximately 40 diazepam tablets…

forensic medicinediazepam
NT2024

Inquest into the death of Road Death 47 of 2024

26y · Male·Blunt force head injuries from ATV motor vehicle crash, with acute alcohol toxic…

A 26-year-old male died from blunt force head injuries sustained in a single-vehicle ATV crash at 2:40am. He was heavily intoxicated (BAC 0.23%), not wea…

forensic medicineemergency medicinealcohol
TAScommunity2020-07-14

Coroner's Finding: Lomas, Corey Ronald

27y · Male·Head and cervical spine injuries sustained in a single motorcycle crash

A 27-year-old male died from head and cervical spine injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash. He was riding at excessive speed (160-200 km/h…

emergency medicinetrauma surgeryalcohol
VIChospital2024-12-12

Finding into death of Martin Kok-Weng Lui

73y · Male·Head injury sustained in an e-scooter accident

A 73-year-old man died from head injuries sustained in an e-scooter accident. He was riding on a non-shared footpath without a helmet, carry…

trauma surgeryemergency medicine
TAS2015-09-11

Coroner's Finding: Pearn Natalia

27y · Female·multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident

Natalia Pearn, aged 27, died in a head-on motor vehicle collision on the Midland Highway near Lovely Banks, Tasmania on 24 March 2013. She was tra…

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 part …

TAS2020-05-04

Coroner's Finding: Whitney, Samuel John

18y · Male·Traumatic closed head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision

Samuel John Whitney, aged 18, died from traumatic closed head injuries sustained as a passenger in a motor vehicle collision. The driver, Todd Blackberry, briefly lost c…

TAS2024-07-23

Coroner's Finding: de-identified CZ and LN

Unknown·Head, neck, chest, abdomen and limb injuries sustained in motor vehicle collisio…

…oming traffic and collide with a sedan. The father (CZ) and his young daughter (LN) in the sedan sustained fatal injuries. The bus driver was experienced, sober, and medically fit. Investigation found the crash resulted…

TAS2021-03-09

Coroner's Finding: Fischer, Rodney James

53y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a single motor vehicle crash

Rodney James Fischer, aged 53, died from multiple injuries sustained in a single-vehicle motor crash on 19-20 January 2020. He was driving a 1998 Toyota HiLux when …

tramadol
SAcommunity2002-03-07

Coroner's Finding: GIBBONS Leith

17y · Male·incineration

…egotiate a curve, left the road and struck a tree. The driver had bilateral lower limb fractures and severe head injuries causing immediate unconsciousness. Witnesses made desperate rescue attempts but were forced back b…

forensic medicineemergency medicine
TAS2019-06-28

Coroner's Finding: Smith, David Alan

Male·multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash

David Alan Smith died in a motor vehicle crash on the Midlands Highway, Tasmania, when struck head-on by another vehicle. Mr Smith was driving responsibly—within speed limits, sober, well-rested, and with a…

NSWcommunity2020-02-24

Into the death of Rodney Scarman

52y · Male·Blunt force injuries to head

…dney Scarman, a 52-year-old man with a history of mental illness and substance use, died from blunt force injuries to the head on 25 December 2011. He was found in a utility closet at his residential complex in Waterloo,…

forensic medicinealcohol
NTcommunity2024

Inquest into the death of Road Death 40 of 2024

28y · Male·Multiple blunt force injuries from motor vehicle collision

A 28-year-old male driver died in a head-on collision with a road train after drifting onto the wrong side of the road. He had been awake for approx…

forensic medicinetrauma surgery

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