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Unknown·Multiple traumatic injuries from boating collision (Gregory McLellan: direct tra…
A recreational boating collision in Moreton Bay on 1 September 2007 resulted in four deaths. The Haines Hunter, driven by experienced operator Gregory McLellan, was returning from fishing when it collided with the Four W…
Unknown·Ms Choi: hypoxic brain damage due to drowning/immersion due to rafting accident;…
Two language students died following a white water rafting incident on the Tully River. A collision between rafts diverted one raft into a hazardous channel, causing it to strike Sieve Rock and flip. Both occupants becam…
40y · Male·gunshot wound to the head
A 40-year-old man died from a gunshot wound to the back of his head on 11 May 2006. Initial investigation concluded accidental self-infliction but subsequent inquest revealed major deficiencies in the police investigatio…
34y · Male·Air embolism and severe haemorrhage due to perforation of the right subclavian v…
Darryl Smith, aged 34, died following emergency surgery for a fractured clavicle at Sunnybank Private Hospital. During the final drilling of the sixth screw hole, the surgeon's drill penetrated the underlying right subcl…
47y · Male·drowning
Ian Robinson, a 47-year-old experienced swimmer and teacher, died by drowning during a commercial whitewater rafting trip on the Tully River in Queensland. The raft capsized at Wet n Moisty rapids after contact with rock…
51y · Female·drowning
A 51-year-old woman died by drowning during a white-water rafting tour on the Russell River. She and her Greek-speaking nephew entered the wrong rapid channel (No Way) due to language barriers limiting their understandin…
22y · Female·cardio-respiratory arrest as a consequence of drowning in freshwater
Natasha Charlesworth, 22, died from drowning following entrapment in the Tully River during a white water rafting tour with Raging Thunder. The raft capsized while navigating rapids, and Ms Charlesworth became trapped un…
18y · Male·Hypoglycaemic hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy, due to massive liver necrosis, d…
An 18-year-old remand prisoner died from acute liver failure secondary to Hepatitis B and C infection. He presented with fever and malaise on 15 February but was assessed only for boils and not thoroughly evaluated. Clin…
35y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
Anthony Parsons died by self-inflicted gunshot wound during a police siege after assaulting his wife and threatening suicide. He had a history of clinical depression since 2002, a previous suicide attempt in 2008, and wa…
Unknown·Multiple injuries from motor vehicle accident; Anthony Paul Thomson died from ru…
Motor vehicle accident involving 4 deaths on 8 May 2009 at Nambour Connection Road and Blackall Street intersection, Queensland: 5-year-old twins, a 60-year-old female driver, and 43-year-old male driver Anthony Paul Tho…
34y · Male·Asphyxia consistent with plastic bag asphyxia
A 34-year-old male in pre-trial custody at Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre died by asphyxiation using a plastic bag on 3 September 2008. He had a psychiatric history with prior suicide attempts and was on olanzapine. H…
22y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained when vehicle travelled across area of recent roadwor…
Gregory Stephen Bonanno, 22 years old, died when his vehicle skidded off a country road with a freshly resurfaced section and collided with trees. The accident occurred on a road with loose gravel from recent repair work…
Unknown·Incineration from a house fire. The children were subject to poor supervision fr…
Two young children (aged 3 and 2 years) perished in a house fire in 2008 while under the supervision of their grandmother, who had been previously determined by the Department of Child Safety to be inappropriate for this…
2y · Male·Group A Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome which probably originated in the thro…
Ryan Saunders, a 2-year-old boy, died from Group A Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome after a 72-hour presentation with fever, pain, and systemic illness. Initial GP care was appropriate given the presentation and diagno…
53y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to sepsis
Matthew Tiers, a 53-year-old Aboriginal man with extensive comorbidities including alcoholic liver disease, was arrested and detained at Rockhampton Watchhouse then transferred to Capricornia Correctional Centre. He deve…
42y · Female·Subarachnoid haemorrhage as a consequence of rupture of saccular aneurysm of the…
Kerry-Ann Long, a 42-year-old woman in custody at Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre, collapsed suddenly on 3 February 2009 from rupture of a previously undiagnosed anterior communicating artery aneurysm causing subara…
36y · Male·infective endocarditis
John Clive Anderson, a 36-year-old prisoner, died from infective endocarditis despite being evaluated 25 times by prison medical officer Dr P. between February and May 2009. Dr P. documented possible infective endocardit…
42y · Male·Combined effects of moderately severe physical exertion; a lateral vascular neck…
Carl Grillo, a 42-year-old man, died after police detained him during a foot chase in Spring Hill, Brisbane. Following an initial wrestling struggle, a lateral vascular neck restraint was applied by Senior Constable Jake…
18y · Male·Multiple injuries due to motorcycle accident
Adrian Elliott Jones, 18-year-old novice motorcycle rider, lost control of his Honda CX500 while negotiating a bend on Yandina Bli Bli Road and collided with an oncoming Land Cruiser. He had only acquired his open motorc…
19y · Male·Drowning due to head injury
19-year-old elite surf competitor Saxon Bird died after being struck in the head by an unmanned ski during the 2010 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships at Kurrawa Beach. He lost consciousness and drowned; his body …
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