186 results for “neck trauma”
70y · Male·blunt injuries of the head and neck sustained in a motor vehicle crash
… 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 the precipitating…
43y · Male·Dislocation of the larynx due to or as a consequence of a quad bike accident
…bike directly into a barbed wire gate on a cattle property. He suffered a laryngeal dislocation from blunt trauma to the neck, causing aspiration of blood into the lungs. Despite being familiar with the property and awar…
71y · Male·Head and neck injury sustained in high-speed motor vehicle collision on racing c…
A 71-year-old experienced motor racing driver suffered fatal head and neck injuries when his Datsun collided with a stalled Lamborghini on the starting grid at Phillip Island Grand P…
34y · Male·hypovolaemic shock due to stab wound to the neck
Ashton Frederick Jones, aged 34, died from hypovolaemic shock following a stab wound to the neck inflicted by Caleb Adams on 12 October 2020. Jones approached Adams's unit in the early hours with socks on…
58y · Male·Traumatic injury to the head and/or neck, including blunt head trauma with decap…
…n 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), buried the body…
77y · Female·Neck compression in the setting of blunt force trauma to the head
…oolteacher, was fatally assaulted by her husband Mr B who struck her head and applied a ligature around her neck, before setting fire to their home in a murder-suicide. The death occurred in the context of family violenc…
0y · Female·Fatal attack by wild dingo; severe crushing injuries to base of skull and neck, …
…in August 1980. The coroner found the death resulted from severe crushing injuries to the base of skull and neck, along with throat and neck lacerations caused by the animal attack, resulting in swift death. The coroner …
21y · Male·head and neck injuries including skull fracture and probable fractures to the up…
A 21-year-old man died from head and neck injuries sustained as a passenger in a vehicle driven by an impaired driver during a police pursuit. The dr…
49y · Female·strangulation
…n 26 December 2020 in Launceston, Tasmania. The perpetrator, Tobias Pick, applied excessive pressure to her neck using a ligature (dress) for an extended period (likely over 60 seconds) during erotic asphyxiation. Althou…
77y · Female·general inanition on a background of dementia, chronic subdural haematoma and ri…
… Ann Perkins, aged 77, died from general inanition with dementia, chronic subdural haematoma, and fractured neck of femur as contributing factors. She sustained an unwitnessed fall at her aged care facility in December 2…
Male·Head and neck injuries due to mountain bike collision (rider)
…ancis Robert Falappi, a highly experienced mountain biker and Queensland Police officer, died from head and neck injuries sustained while attempting to navigate 'Mick's Drop' on Worlds Downhill Track at Smithfield Mounta…
23y · Male·Haemorrhage from incised wounds to the neck and wrists
Jake James-Kotsanas, 23, died from haemorrhage from self-inflicted knife wounds to his neck and wrists while experiencing a drug-induced psychotic episode following acute methylamphetamine intoxicati…
69y · Female·Neck compression
…woman with pulmonary fibrosis, was found deceased in her apartment on 15 January 2014. The autopsy revealed neck compression injuries consistent with strangulation using a sheet, along with blunt force trauma to the face…
25y · Male·Gunshot injury to the neck
…he coroner found the police response was appropriate and lawful. Death resulted from a gunshot wound to the neck causing catastrophic vertebral artery and cervical spine damage, likely fatal within minutes. Key clinical …
44y · Male·head and neck injuries post high speed motor boat accident
John Shane Cross, an experienced racing boat driver, died from head and neck injuries sustained during a high-speed motor boat accident at Lake Mulwala on 28 November 2010. While racin…
71y · Female·pneumonia following cervical spine fracture sustained in motor vehicle collision
…include: (1) paramedics inappropriately removed cervical spine immobilisation despite recognising potential neck injury; (2) the emergency department failed to image her cervical spine despite seatbelt bruising and insti…
32y · Female·Injuries caused by asphyxiation and blunt force trauma to the head inflicted by …
…it on 22 April 2013. A forensic pathologist determined death resulted from asphyxiation (likely from manual neck compression/strangulation) combined with blunt force trauma to the head. The coronial inquest identified he…
50y · Male·Blunt force trauma to the head and aspiration of gastric content
A 50-year-old male was fatally assaulted while walking to work, suffering blunt force trauma to the head and aspiration of gastric content. Despite extensive investigation by Victoria Police's Homici…
62y · Male·Head, neck and chest injuries
Denis Stephen Kelly, a 62-year-old homeless man, died from head, neck, and chest injuries sustained in an assault at Footscray Park in July 2001. His body was found in the Marib…
26y · Male·hanging by the neck
…re she died on 2 August 2009. The coroner held an inquest and determined that Robert died by hanging by the neck in a suicide. The case illustrates the profound psychological impact of child injury and loss on a parent, …
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