Coronial

203 results for fatal head injuries

TAS2018-02-23

Coroner's Finding: Fitzgerald, Oswyn Leigh

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

…nsciousness, 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 …

cardiologytrauma surgery
QLD2014-06-10

Milner, Laura Jayne; Yates, Samantha Ann

Female·Multiple injuries due to or as a consequence of a motor vehicle collision

… release the brakes, sending the truck into the path of the Daewoo driven by Laura Milner. Laura sustained fatal basal skull fractures with brainstem laceration. Samantha Yates sustained a transected thoracic aorta and …

trauma surgeryforensic medicine
NSW2025-02-26

Inquest into the death of Jyedon Pollard

2y · Male·Penetrating injuries to the head and neck caused by multiple dog bites

Jyedon Pollard, a 2-year-old Wiradjuri boy, died from penetrating injuries to his head and neck after being attacked by two dogs (a Rottweiler and Red Heeler cross) at a motel wher…

system
ACThospital2025-12-02

Inquest Into The Death Of Bk

52y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident

A 52-year-old man died from multiple injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident after losing control on a residential street. Critical contributing fa…

alcohol
VIChospital2023-03-20

Finding into death of Khaled El Rafihi

20y · Male·Head injury

Khaled El Rafihi, a 20-year-old apprentice electrician, died from head injuries sustained during a 'ute surfing' incident. He was sitting on the rear boot lid of a moving utility…

neurosurgeryintensive caremorphine
VIChome2012-07-05

Finding into death of Angela Jade Bannister

1y · Female·Chest injuries

Angela Bannister, aged 22 months, died from extensive chest injuries sustained overnight in her mother's care. On 18 July 2008, she had a minor head injury and alleged dog bi…

emergency medicinepaediatricscommunicationibuprofen
TAScommunity2018-09-20

Coroner's Finding: Smith, Nicky Glenn

59y · Male·Head and chest injuries sustained in a single motor vehicle crash

A 59-year-old man died from head and chest injuries sustained in a single motor vehicle crash after consuming alcohol at a hotel. His blood …

forensic medicinetoxicologyalcohol
QLDcommunity2018-11-05

Nguyen, Van Phuc – Non-inquest findings

50y · Male·Head injuries as a result of a motor vehicle collision (pedestrian)

Van Phuc Nguyen, a 50-year-old man, died from severe head injuries after being struck by an unknown vehicle while walking home from shopping in Inala, Brisbane. The …

TAS2023-04-03

Coroner's Finding: Catto, Simon Anthony

33y · Male·Head, chest, and spinal injuries from motorcycle crash

A 33-year-old male died from head, chest, and spinal injuries sustained in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash. He was disqualified from drivin…

methamphetamine
VIChospital2015-11-27

Finding into death of Eoin Stephen Murray

30y · Male·Head injuries

Eoin Murray, aged 30, died from severe head injuries sustained when he fell striking his head on a bluestone gutter in Fitzroy early on 7 September 201…

trauma surgeryneurosurgeryalcohol
WAcommunity2017-12-29

Inquest into the Death of Kyra Marjorie Carmen NARRIER

23y · Female·multiple injuries from motor vehicle collision

Ms Kyra Marjorie Carmen Narrier, a 23-year-old Indigenous woman, died on 13 November 2014 in a head-on motor vehicle collision on Thomas Road in Orelia, Perth. She was a passenger in a Hyundai Lantra driven …

methamphetamine
VIChospital2025-01-22

Finding into death of Milan Rajic

40y · Male·Traumatic head injury sustained in an e-bike incident

… a helmet after consuming approximately three beers over several hours. He returned home with a significant head injury and seizure-like symptoms, was intubated and evacuated by helicopter, but suffered multiple cranial …

neurosurgerytrauma surgery
SAhospital2010-10-26

Coroner's Finding: HASELGROVE Harvie Frederick

88y · Male·left ventricular failure complicating head and soft tissue injuries

An 88-year-old man died from left ventricular failure complicating head and soft tissue injuries sustained when struck by a truck-trailer combination while riding his motorised go…

systemdelay
VIC2015-10-08

Finding into death of Rutiano Chong Gum

21y · Male·HEAD AND NECK INJURIES IN A MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION (DRIVER)

…ng the four-minute pursuit, the driver accelerated and collided with a taxi at an intersection, sustaining fatal head and neck injuries. The coroner found the pursuing police members complied with pursuit policies exist…

systemalcohol
VIChospital2020-10-21

Finding into death of Baby ABA

0y · Female·Head injury

Baby ABA, born in Lebanon and arrived in Australia at 2 months old, died from head injury at 6.5 months of age on 10 June 2008. She had fallen from a couch on 7 June 2008 with no apparent se…

paediatricsintensive caredelay
TAS2021-11-22

Coroner's Finding: Larkins, Pamela Judith

Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a two vehicle motor vehicle crash

Pamela Edith Larkins died from multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash on 28 October 2020 in Tasmania. She was driving alone when her vehicle…

TAScommunity2019-08-19

Coroner's Finding: McLean, Michael William

47y · Male·Chest injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash

Michael William McLean, a 47-year-old experienced motorcyclist, died from chest injuries sustained in a head-on motorcycle collision on Henty Road, Zeehan, Tasmania on 18 March 2017. While ridin…

NSW2019-06-06

Inquest into the death of Meaghan Baird and Cameron Bloomfield

27y · Female·severe head injuries sustained when the heavy combination vehicle left the road,…

Two occupants of a heavy vehicle died following a crash and fire on the Pacific Highway. The driver (Cameron Bloomfield) and passenger (Meaghan Baird) had ingested methylamphetamine at toxic-to-lethal levels within hours…

forensic medicinetoxicologysystemmethamphetamine
TAScommunity2016-10-07

Coroner's Finding: Hewitt, Robert Ian

71y · Male·chest and abdominal injuries sustained as a driver in a motor vehicle crash

Robert Ian Hewitt, a 71-year-old retired school teacher and musician, died from fatal chest and abdominal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash on Channel Highway, Oyster Cove, Tasmania,…

TAS2023-12-04

Coroner's Finding: KQ

64y · Male·Multiple severe injuries including skull fractures, vertebral fractures, bilater…

A 64-year-old male died in a head-on motor vehicle collision on the Bass Highway after driving the wrong way on a prohibited off-ramp. He had…

alcohol

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