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769 results for head injuries

NSWcommunityPodcast2025-05-16

Inquest into the death of Harri Tapani Jokinen

56y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision

Harri Jokinen, aged 56, died following a head-on motor vehicle collision on the Monaro Highway when a stolen Commodore being pursued by NSW police crosse…

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SAcommunity2025-05-20

Coroner's Finding: Raines, Edward John

86y · Male·multiple injuries from motor vehicle collision

An 86-year-old man died in a head-on motor vehicle collision after driving unsafely on a highway. Three weeks prior, police observed him driv…

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VIC2010-02-11

Finding into death of Kim Yeo

Male·Head injuries following a motor vehicle incident

Two Singaporean tourists, a father (Kim Soon Yeo) and daughter (Lay Peng Yeo), died in a motor vehicle rollover on a rural Victorian road. The driver, Kevin Yeo, a relatively inexperienced driver with limited exposure to…

SA2026-02-26

Coroner's Finding: Eckert, Paul Theodore & Eckert, Thomas Sebastian & Bottrill, Alan Leslie & Neave, David Arthur & Ingram, Rodney Jon & Martin, Peter Joseph & Walker, Roger Malcolm & Kent, Victor Reginald

Male·Drowning (with various contributing cardiac and traumatic factors)

Eight people died in four separate boating incidents in South Australian waters between March 2024 and January 2025, all from drowning or drowning-related causes. The coroner found that lifejackets would likely have prev…

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QLDcommunity2013-11-05

Wirraway Aircraft Crash

Impact injuries from RAAF Wirraway aircraft strike - head trauma with skull frac…

Three children (Graham Stanley Blair and Pauline Probert, both aged 6; Liam Joseph O'Connor, aged 11) were fatally struck by a RAAF Wirraway aircraft conducting shark spotting patrols at Maroochydore Beach, Queensland on…

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QLD2022-09-02

Mitchell, Vanelee Curtis

30y · Male·Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

…th epilepsy, died suddenly in custody at Townsville Correctional Centre on 10 April 2020. He had suffered a head injury in 2014 resulting in acquired brain injury and seizures, managed with anticonvulsant medications (Va…

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QLDcommunity2021-04-16

Ms D - Non-inquest findings

57y · Female·Head and chest injuries due to motor vehicle collision (driver)

A 57-year-old woman with insulin-dependent diabetes died in a motor vehicle collision caused by hypoglycaemia while driving. Her insulin pump data showed 16 hypoglycaemic events in the preceding month, with multiple epis…

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QLDcommunity2018-06-05

Smit, Bernardus Johan

50y · Male·Head injuries due to motor vehicle accident

A 50-year-old traffic controller was struck and killed by a motor vehicle driven by a woman with multiple serious medical conditions (end-stage renal disease, multiple myeloma) who was taking Panadeine Forte. The driver …

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NThome2016-09-21

Inquest into the death of Natalie McCormack

Female·Wendy Murphy: blunt head and chest trauma. Natalie McCormack: haemorrhage follow…

…cumented assaults, domestic violence orders (DVOs), and uncooperativeness with prosecution despite severe injuries. Wendy Murphy was killed after a 10-year pattern of repeated beatings by Stanley Scrutton; Natalie McCorm…

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VICcommunity2010

Finding into death of Mikael Chandra Rohan

14y · Male·head injuries when struck by a train

…rated as low risk and discharged. Care became fragmented when Dr O.'s treatment was terminated in favour of Headspace counselling. Clinicians did not utilise adequate senior psychiatric review of an adolescent in crisis.…

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VIC2017-02-17

Finding into death of Jordan Marcus Farr Pang

18y · Male·Head injuries in a gyrocopter incident

An 18-year-old passenger died in a gyroplane crash on 21 December 2013 after the pilot-in-command flew dangerously low over heavily wooded terrain with no safe emergency landing areas. The pilot was operating an illegal,…

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VICcommunity2011-03-30

Finding into death of Justin Ross Pomery

20y · Male·Massive head injuries from motor vehicle accident (bus rollover)

On 16 April 2009, a V-Line passenger coach rolled over on the Princes Highway near Heathmere, Victoria, killing Justin Pomery (20 years), Sabrina Brady (7 months pregnant), and her daughter Madison. Three passengers who …

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VIC2011-03-30

Finding into death of Madison Lee Dobie

2y · Female·Massive head injuries sustained in motor vehicle accident (bus rollover)

A V-Line passenger coach rolled over on the Princes Highway near Heathmere, Victoria on 16 April 2009, killing three occupants: Ms Sabrina Brady (7 months pregnant), her 2-year-old daughter Madison, and Mr Justin Pomery.…

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QLD2011-02-23

MacKenzie, Malcolm; Brown, Graham; Wilson, Robert

Unknown·Multiple injuries from motor vehicle collision. Brown and MacKenzie: head-on col…

…from coal mines in the Bowen Basin. Graham Brown (54) and Senior Constable Malcolm MacKenzie (43) died in a head-on collision on Yeppoon-Rockhampton Road in October 2005 during a severe tropical storm. Robert Wilson (33)…

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SAhome2020-02-10

Coroner's Finding: DAILLER Graziella and MUIR Dion Wayne

48y · Female and male·Ms Dailler: blunt head trauma and multiple sharp force injuries including stab w…

This inquest examined the deaths of two people in a violent domestic relationship. Ms Dailler, aged 48, was killed by her partner Mr Muir through blunt force trauma and stab wounds. Mr Muir subsequently died by suicide. …

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NSWcommunity2021-12-21

Inquest into the deaths of Lars FALKHOLT, Vivian FALKHOLT, Jessica FALKHOLT and Annabelle FALKHOLT, and Craig WHITALL

Male·Combined effects of multiple blunt force injuries and the effects of fire (Craig…

…ance therapy, drove erratically on the Princes Highway after leaving hospital on Boxing Day 2017, colliding head-on with the Falkholt family vehicle, killing five people. Autopsy revealed toxic levels of doxepin (3.5 mg/…

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TAScommunity2019-03-27

Coroner's Finding: Finding Brendan Smith

44y · Male·Severe head injuries from large tree limb falling onto vehicle roof during extre…

Brendan Mark Smith, aged 44, died on 9 February 2014 when a large Black Gum tree limb fell onto his utility vehicle on Channel Highway in Tasmania during extreme wind conditions (gusts of 130-133 km/h). The coroner found…

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ACTcommunity2019-02-28

Inquest into the death of Michael Richard Hall

Male·head and other injuries suffered when struck by a car while riding bicycle on Mo…

…side reflectors at 200 metres, particularly challenging at 100 kph; Mr Bobb, the driver, was using low-beam headlights and had a provisional licence; and Mr Hall's dark clothing with reflective strips at calf level provi…

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QLD2013-12-05

Beresford, Samuel John

21y · Male·severe head and upper body injuries, due to, or as a consequence of being struck…

…he engine went to high revolutions, the aircraft moved forward uncontrollably, and the propeller struck his head and upper body. Key contributing factors included: inadequate pre-flight inspection after road transport, e…

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NSWcommunity2019-07-25

Inquest into the death of Xavier BURKE

15y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in head-on collision with B-double truck during poli…

Xavier Burke, a 15-year-old without a driver's license, fatally collided with a B-double while driving his father's stolen utility during a 29-minute police pursuit covering 59.5 km. The pursuit was initiated based on su…

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