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7y · Male·Joshua died due to a combination of physical entrapment of his head which occlud…
Joshua, a 7-year-old boy with spastic quadriplegia, epilepsy, and neurological impairment, died following entrapment of his head between hospital bed rails covered with bed bumpers while in hospital for gastroenteritis. …
45y · Female·Multiple significant crush injuries to the head caused by non-intentional collis…
Jennifer Boon, 45, died when struck by a reversing bus while alighting as a passenger near her home. The driver, Ms Blessington, was reversing to exit a service road with obstructed visibility due to fogged windows and d…
0y · Female·Peripartum hypoxia
Mia Davies died from peripartum hypoxia after a prolonged and poorly managed labour at Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. She had been diagnosed with multiple congenital anomalies (atrioventricular septal defect, oesop…
59y · Male·disseminated carcinoma due to right lung carcinoma
Rex Harold, a 59-year-old Aboriginal man with schizophrenia, alcohol-induced brain injury, chronic obstructive airways disease, and diabetes, died in custody from disseminated small cell lung carcinoma. He was transferre…
34y · Male·cerebral destruction and fractured skull sustained in motor vehicle accident wit…
Troy Jason Howse (34M) died from massive head injuries (cerebral destruction and fractured skull) sustained when a Ford Falcon vehicle in which he was a passenger crashed and rolled on Old Byfield Road near Yeppoon on 28…
0y · Female·Extensive cerebral destruction as a result of fractured skull following accident…
Isabella Wren Diefenbach, a 7-week-old infant, died from head injuries sustained when she fell from her father's arms after he stepped through a severely decayed timber board on the front verandah of the family's rented …
58y · Male·gunshot wounds
Senior Sergeant Michael James Isles, a 58-year-old Queensland police officer with 34 years of service, disappeared on 23 September 2009. He was the subject of corruption allegations (which proved unfounded), stood down f…
36y · Female·Excited delirium
A 36-year-old woman died from excited delirium during a physical altercation with her 16-year-old son. She had longstanding alcohol and cannabis use, borderline personality disorder with features of post-traumatic stress…
63y · Female·bile peritonitis as a complication from a laparoscopic cholecystectomy
A 63-year-old woman died from bile peritonitis following laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The surgeon's intraoperative management was appropriate with no identified injuries. However, critical clinical deterioration on post…
67y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction due to coronary atherosclerosis
Donald Hay, a 67-year-old prisoner with a lengthy history of heart disease, suffered an acute myocardial infarction while in custody at Wolston Correctional Centre on 15 November 2011. He was rapidly transferred to Princ…
38y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head - bullet entered right temporal bone at 40 degree down…
Kelvin Atfield died from an instantly fatal gunshot wound to the head when struck by a bullet fired by his nephew Matthew Felhaber during a kangaroo hunting expedition on Atfield's rural Queensland property. The pair had…
38y · Male·Hanging
Adam Cartledge, 38, died by hanging in his cell at Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre while on remand. He had a long history of psychiatric illness, including depression, paranoid schizophrenia, previous suicide attempts,…
18y · Male·Chest injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash
Angus Ferguson, 18, died following a motorcycle crash on 6 March 2011 while being attempted intercepted by police. After overtaking a vehicle illegally, police activated lights and sirens. Ferguson accelerated and lost c…
55y · Male·Morphine toxicity, with contributing factors of ischemic heart disease, coronary…
Shane Paul Krog, a 55-year-old man, died from morphine toxicity complicated by ischemic heart disease, coronary atherosclerosis and rhabdomyolysis. He presented to Murgon Hospital (a 15-bed rural facility) following susp…
44y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis (despite stenting) with cardiac arrhythmia triggered by…
A 44-year-old man with significant coronary artery disease (despite previous stenting) died of acute coronary syndrome triggered by exertion on a rural property. He called his wife at 1:30pm reporting chest discomfort; s…
22y · Male·Drowning in circumstances of exposure to the elements at sea
Patrick Hugo Barnett-Lonergan, a 22-year-old UK citizen working on a commercial fishing vessel, fell overboard from the MV Guiding Star on 10 September 2010. He had consumed 8-10 beers during the day and was last seen on…
41y · Male·Hanging
A 41-year-old male prisoner with a history of depression died by suicide while incarcerated at Wolston Correctional Centre. He was appropriately assessed as low-risk for suicide on arrival and received psychiatric care a…
49y · Male·Hanging
A 49-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder and recurrent depression experienced a relapse while in Tasmania and was referred to a community-based Acute Care Team in Queensland in November 2009. Despite his partner…
Unknown·Drowning due to entrapment in white-water rapids
Five deaths occurred in white-water rafting accidents in North Queensland between 2007-2009, all involving entrapment and drowning. The coroner examined the adequacy of safety risk management by operators and the regulat…
15y · Male·head injury from motorcycle accident resulting in extensive brain injury and bas…
Jack MacNicol, a 15-year-old boy working on his family's cattle station, sustained a fatal head injury after falling from a motorcycle while mustering cattle without wearing a helmet. He suffered a severe head injury wit…
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